Hi,Jean The price of Cap array including four chip is about four times to single cap. The decoupling effect is bader than single cap for its inter-mutual coupling. The IDC cap has less inductance. Its cost is little less than caparray.Two kinds of caps have the same layout space consuming for requiring 8 vias. for example, 0603 package cap,they save about 25% spaces than single cap. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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