[sdiy] Harry's capacitor field guide

[Harry Bissell Jr]

--- Tim Parkhurst <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>
wrote:


> Well, I think it's parallel too (I'm pretty sure
> that's what I've always
> read), but the site I listed says series. 
> 
> From http://www.muzique.com/cap_faq.htm
> 
> "At the chip level, a small tantalum or electrolytic
> (1-10uF) in series with
> a ceramic (.01-.1uF) is usually more than enough.
> Lack of decoupling can
> cause circuits to perform badly or sometimes, not to
> work at all."
> 
> What say you, Harry? 

er... if thats what I wrote... then I say

"oopsie"   (of course it should read "parallel"  :^)

H^) harry