Steve, Can I ask you what's wrong with the NPOs provided that the value is sufficient? Thanks, ======================= Mikhail Matusov Hardware Design Engineer Square Peg Communications Tel.: +1 (613) 271-0044 ext.231 Fax: +1 (613) 271-3007 http://www.squarepeg.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve weir" <weirsi@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "SI-LIST" <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:55 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Capacitor Arrays for clock AC coupling > David, > > My "donts'": > > Don't line up those arrays in a big line. > > Don't worry about tolerance between the caps. > > Don't use NPO > > Don't use a higher value than necessary. > > Don't forget to think in terms of fields. > > Good luck. > > Steve. > > At 01:43 PM 2/10/2006 +0000, David Greig wrote: > >Hi List, > > > >Apart from "don't do it!", would anyone care to share their experiences > >(bad or otherwise) of using 2 capacitor arrays for > >differential clock coupling? > >The parts in mind are 0504 arrays, NP0 100p or X7R 10n, 10% tol. There are > >no supporting S params or models from the > >manufacturers that I have contacted. > > > >Best Regards > > > >David Greig > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from si-list: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > >For help: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > > >List technical documents are available at: > > http://www.si-list.org > > > >List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > >or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu