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Message started by Prakash chandra on Sep 8^th, 2009, 12:44am

Title: What is the difference between Cdamp(Damping Capacitor) and Cd(Decoupling cap)
Post by Prakash chandra on Sep 8^th, 2009, 12:44am

What is the difference between Cdamp(Damping Capacitor) and Cd(Decoupling capacitor.

Title: Re: What is the difference between Cdamp(Damping Capacitor) and Cd(Decoupling cap)
Post by loose-electron on Nov 26^th, 2009, 5:15pm

using the conventions shown in Ken's paper the damping capacitor or part of network used to reduce the reactive ringing (thus damping) of a network. The "network" is the inductance of the interconnect and the decoupling capacitor.

Read the paper.

jerry