Hi all!! I'm trying to decouple a component with 9 outputs and 3 power pins and 500ps of rise time ( so, I need decouple the component until 700MHz). I'm following the typical process of set a Target Impedance, decouple low frequencies with a bulk capacitor and decouple High frequencies with ceramic capacitors. My problem is that When I calculate the induction budget to determiante the number of ceramic capacitors ( following the Black Magic Book, formula 8.18 : L(tot)=X(max)Tr/3.1416 ), the value is very small: 160pH for a 500ps of rise time and 1 ohm of target impedance. Therefore I should put 7 capacitors in parallel. I think that putting seven bypassing capacitor for a small component is insane. any solution? Thanks in advance -------------------Legal Disclaimer--------------------------------------- The above electronic mail transmission is confidential and intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. Its contents may be protected by legal and/or professional privilege. Should it be received by you in error please contact the sender at the above quoted email address. Any unauthorised form of reproduction of this message is strictly prohibited. The Institute does not guarantee the security of any information electronically transmitted and is not liable if the information contained in this communication is not a proper and complete record of the message as transmitted by the sender nor for any delay in its receipt. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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