[sdiy] What's all this decoupling cap business??

[Paul Schreiber]

I'm *not* disagreeing that 0.01uf caps are best *above 100Mhz* (ie the EDN article written 17
years after the arrival of the monolythic cap). In 1982, 14Mhz was considered "really fast".

Another 'fly in the oinment': what avout SMT caps? 1206 vs 0805 vs 0603? Now, the cap's lead
inductance is zip, and you have other things into play.

My point was: many things in EE that are "given" evolved from several sources.

Paul S.