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		RicoElectrico on April 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The basics of decoupling capacitors > You should practically never parallel different values of MLCC Can you then say why paralleling capacitors to cover higher frequency range is repeated often in literature? Was it true before MLCC? Why is it not valid with MLCC?

CarVac on April 17, 2023 [–]

Based on jmwilson's article above, it seems you can end up with nasty resonances. With other capacitor types that have more ESR, they dampen out the resonance peaks.

exmadscientist on April 17, 2023 | [–]

Technically these are antiresonances. But, yeah, exactly that.

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