At 12:12 AM 1/17/99 -0800, Lynx {Glenn Jones} wrote: >Today as i was installing decoupling caps on a circuit board i thought to >myself: "Why dont the IC manufactures just incorperate a decoupling cap >right in the ic itself?" Any one have any ideas? because it would be hugely expensive in silicon. Easily double the IC's cost, plus IIRC they don't have the technology to do a lot of layers, which means it would have to be even larger.. It would be a great thing to do, if it would work though.