Greetings: I have a design that will (I believe) need to used a buffer for the clock. The intent is to drive multiple loads from the driver. One concern is the variable gate delays and the solution is to parallel the inputs and the outputs. Is this technique still used ? Does anyone have a feel for the long term reliability of the device driven is such a way. The concern is that there will be (for really short periods) a short between VCc and Gnd. Thanks.. Best Regards Charles Grasso Senior Compliance Engineer Echostar Communications Corp. Tel: 303-706-5467 Fax: 303-799-6222 Cell: 303-204-2974 Email: charles.grasso@xxxxxxxxxxxx; <mailto:charles.grasso@xxxxxxxxxxxx; %20> Email Alternate: chasgrasso@xxxxxxxx <mailto:chasgrasso@xxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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