There has been work on laying out linear capacitors on IC substrates using fractals, but we aren’t sure how that would translate into a PCB layout. We’ve seen lots of other PC trace components ...

Most ICs need to be decoupled from their power supply, usually with a 0.1uF capacitor between each power pin and ground. Decoupling is usually used to remove noise and to smooth power fluctuations.

Third, ceramic capacitors cause output ripple of less than 5 mV p-p versus more than 20 mV p-p (Figure 2). For this circuit, the load-transient overshoot is also lower: less than 50 mV p-p versus more ...

A special type of component is the integrated circuit (IC) where large numbers of transistors, resistors, diodes, and other electronic components are packaged onto a tiny silicon chip (i.e., a ...