Keith there are articles on this sort of stuff from the makers of very input impedance amps: ADI, TI, NS, LTI, etc. The trade-off with conformal coating is that the coating will give you a lot more leakage than a clean, dry PCB. If the board can be kept clean and dry then avoid the conformal coat. There are other tricks that have been previously mentioned involving packaging the Hi Z amplifier off the PCB using PTFE stand-offs and such. Steve keithK EPD wrote: > I am dealing with DC ! so, some of my questions are not for the entire > High speed audience, so I apologize > > I have a 4 gig ohm electrode/electrodes(s) ..... my electrode spacing is > 0.230" and my socket has a 0.175" diameter / 4 layer > > I haven't seen much lit on the subject - > > PCB material / voids / components / etch width to the 1 resistor into the > opAmp / given 0.060" / slots req'd > what does conformal coating do for me.... > > comments, pointers to white papers, etc are welcome. > > > Keith Kowal > > www.product-designs.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu