You might want to think about parallel and series circuits. In parallel circuits the total impedance is less than putting the same two impedances in series. And, yes, yes, I know there are resonance issues that will make that not a general case. -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Himanshu Arora Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:45 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Decoupling Using 3-Terminal Capacitor Hello, I am making a prototype PCB where in there are multiple VDDs. The Power Supply filter network looks somewhat like the one shown in the figure attached in text file. Instead of 2 terminal caps I plan to use the 3-terminal cap. The 3-terminal caps are from Murata. The reason of using 3-terminal caps against 2-terminal Multi-layer-ceramic caps is that they offer lower ESR at SRF, their lead inductance is lower and their SRF is higher for the comparable cermic cap in value and case size. The reason I am connecting the two 3-terminal caps in series is to offer a lower impedance across a wide range of frequencies. I would like to have your views and inputs for the above arrangement. Thanks. Sincerely Himanshu __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -- File: 3tcap.txt -- Desc: 2302733855-3tcap.txt VDD C1 C2 ---- ---- |--------Ferrite------------------------------------VDDA | ---- ---- | | | | | | | GND GND | | ---- ---- |--------Ferrite------------------------------------VDDD | ---- ---- | | | | | | GND GND C2 = 2200pF (NFM21CC222R1H3) C1 = 1uF (NFM21PC105B1A3) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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