Hi all. I have read in many a place that a good bypass network helps the ground bounce issue. ie. in Xilinx appnotes. But nobody goes into any detail. Is this really true? If so, how does bypass help? (the more detail, the better) If it does help, I would assume that the discharge current from a load capacitance(when switching the output from 1 to 0) would have to somehow be split between the ground via and lead and the bypass. Then I could get a rough estimate of the ground bounce by putting the via and lead impedance/inductance in parallel with the bypass (call the total Zt) and then: Vbounce = I(discharge) x Zt ...not sure if the relavent bypass is at the transmitter or the receiver.(clarify) I would love to hear your comments. Regards, John Ilett ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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