Robert A. Pease covered this in an article in Electronic Design about 2 years ago and gave an explanantion... I do not have a copy of the original article but someone somewhere may have... Nino. -- ****************************************************** * Antonio (Nino) Benci * * Professional Officer / Electronic Services Manager * * Monash University - Dept of Physics * * Wellington Rd, Clayton. 3168 * * Victoria, Australia. * * TEL - 61 3 9905 3649, FAX - 61 3 9905 3637 * * Mobile - 0414 764 763 (private and ah only) * * EMAIL - nino.benci@sci.monash.edu.au (work) * * - fleatech@excite.com (private) * * WWW - www.physics.monash.edu.au/ * ******************************************************