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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 17:06:05 GMT
- Subject: Re: Can despiking caps be connected to a central ground?
- Message-ID: <7480126@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- References: <jeremym.718096983@sfu.ca>
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- > The answer is THEY must go between VCC and GROUND on the SAME
- > chip. The reason for a despiking cap is the momentary
- > current rush caused by switching in DRAMs and some other
- > chips. The cap supplies the current needing for these chips
- > and prevents them from degrading the powersupply. By
- > placeing them not Immediatly to the chips ground you are
- > totally defeating thier purpose.
- >
-
- No, they do NOT need to go on the same IC if that means longer cap leads
- than simply tying to the nearest ground point. Assuming a board with
- power/ground planes, or a power/ground "grid" as Henry mentioned (easily
- "do-able" on a wire-wrap board, this may mean that the caps tie to power and
- ground *between* adjacent ICs. Distributing the capacitance across the
- power plane is the key, not tying the caps to a given chip.
-
-
- Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
- User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
- myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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