Ravinder: For the range of cpacitance you are quoting, I have often used local compensation techniques to build parasitics in the signal circuit traces and connections. There are multiple techniques to add small lumped capacitors and to alter the inductace of a trace. I recommend you look up papers by Dr. Henri Merkelo, IEEE Fellow, CEO and Director of atSpeed Technologies Corporation for several of these techniques. Some of his papers are probably online at the Univ. of Illinois as he was the High-Speed EMC Director there for years. Alternately, you can design your own small structures (as many microwave designers do). Keep the dimensions small relative to your frequency range (<1/20 wavelength). Actually, this approach may give you better matching between "components" than using discretes (with their associated parasitics). And, if you are producing in volume, you will realize cost savings as well. Have fun, Mike Michael L. Conn Owner/Principal Consultant Mikon Consulting *** Serving Your Needs with Technical Excellence *** ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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