At 12:43 01/17/99 -0500, dave vanhorn wrote:
>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.

who's been talking about "silicon"? most ics are quite a bit more than the
small silicon chip. eg. in most but the smallest dip packages, one could
imagine that there's enough space in the package (not on the die) for some
nFarads. it's probably just too expensive.

ge