Re: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric type

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From: Charles Grasso ([email protected])
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 10:46:38 PST

RE: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric typeSomewhere in all this didn't someone agree with Dr Johnstone who I belive
advises lots of cheap (i.e lossy) caps for decoupling??
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bob Weber
  To: Larry Miller ; si-list
  Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 6:50 AM
  Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric type

  The bypass cap ESR improves damping (smoothing the impedance peaks & valleys) in the 50 to 250MHz range. The degree of improvement varies depending on capacitance values (bypass and plane capacitance).

  I select the caps (voltage, dielectric, and package size) to make sure I get enough ESR to be effective in damping. Obviously, small packages are good (small ESL). I avoid capacitors that result in a "thick stack" (i.e. a many layered MLC cap). The extra layers give more capacitance, reduce the L (a small effect), and drive down the ESR. Cap sizes that need fewer layers will in general have the most ESR.

  Using the AVX SpiCap software, http://www.avxcorp.com/SpiApps/spicap/ , compare the ESL and ESR of a X7R cap at 1, 10, 47, and 100nF (100nF will have to be a 16V cap). As the capacitance goes down, the ESR goes up. This makes sense when you view the cap as a stack of smaller value layers. The total capacitance is increased, but the ESR is reduced. A 100nF X7R cap is a block, while the 1nF is a sliver. Z5U can be selected to give more ESR in a 100nF cap (fewer layers and the dielectric is more lossy).

  Bob W.
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    From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Larry Miller
    Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 11:57 AM
    To: Bob Weber; Tae-Kwang Jeon; si-list
    Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric type

    Interesting point. R-C "snubber" networks have long been used to each transient ringups in power transistor and SCR circuits at lower frequencies.

    What frequency range would you be considering this for?

    Larry Miller

      -----Original Message-----
      From: Bob Weber [SMTP:[email protected]]
      Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 6:11 AM
      To: Tae-Kwang Jeon; si-list
      Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric type

      TK,

      This will likely cause some discussion, but I avoid using NP0 or C0G
      capacitors for bypassing because of their low ESR. Small value (1nF) X7R
      capacitors have noticeable ESR (0.5ohm), but this is a good thing. It
      provides a damping element to absorb the ringing that develops on the
      power-ground planes due to parasitic resonances between the bypass
      capacitors and the unavoidable inductance of the connections.

      Bob W.

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      From: [email protected]
      [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Tae-Kwang Jeon
      Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:47 PM
      To: [email protected]
      Subject: [SI-LIST] : Capacitor dielectric type

      Hello,

      I'm trying to put multiple decoupling capacitos on my board mixing small and
      large values in order to minimize the ESL and ESR.
      What I'm wondering is when I use different types of dielectic for the
      capacitors. For instance, I'm going to use 0.022uF X7R type and 470pF of
      NPO type because NPO has the lowest ESR.

      Does anybody know whether or not it's not a big deal in terms of mixed
      dielectric material for high frequency decoupling?

      Thanks,
      TK

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