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Are More PCB Decoupling Capacitors Always Better?

If you have ever designed a PCB schematic, you have probably placed a familiar trio of capacitors near a chip’s power pins: 0.1 µF, 1 µF, and 10 µF.It seems like a safe bet. Different capacitance valu...

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Power Supply Capacitor Layout: Placement Rules for Bulk and Small Capacitors

Engineers often encounter hard-to-spot issues when debugging switch-mode power supplies, DC-DC converters, and LDO circuits. These issues typically stem from placing electrolytic or tantalum bulk capa...

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