>His design uses 10uF and 0.1uF capacitors for regulator stabilisation >and supply filtering throughout the board. He has found low leakage >variants of the 10uF size in the Farnell cattledog, but not for the >0.1uF ceramics. Does he need to look for them or do ceramics have a low >leakage anyway? Cerams are generally FAR lower leakage than electrolytics, BUT I have had some problems with 0.1uF (and no other value) shorting out in 5-10V circuits. Multiple vendors... I'm switching to 0.047s unless I can't do it without the 0.1.