Cgs synth

Ken, you are amazing!

>
> >I notice a strange, diagonal pattern in several areas of the

Cynare PCB.

> >Are these decoupling capacitors, etched into the PCB material

itself?

>
> Exactly.
>
> >If so, is there a science to the size, shape and resultant value,

or

> >is this some sort of twisted experiment?
>
> Well... it's really just a case of using up some waste space. The

actual

> capacitance is only in the order of a few pF (perhaps 50 for the

entire PCB)

> so it really only effects the sharpest transients. The theory is

that it can

> do so more efficiently than the 100n capacitors due to the larger

"surface

> area".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
>

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