Hi,
	Sorry for my ignorance, but could you please elaborate on what
you mean by inrush currents and how would one go about figuring them
out?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf Of
> David Van Horn
> Sent: 05 September 2005 01:40
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: RE: [EE]: Tantalums cap for power supply regulation
> 
> > 	SMD tantalums seem to offer a great advantage in terms of size
> > over normal electrolytic caps in stabilising a power supply. However
> I'm
> > concerned with voltage spikes killing the cap.
> 
> Tants hate large inrush currents, and this sounds like an app that
would
> have a fair bit of them.
> 
> Check the specs, and look at what the real inrush current could be,
> figuring real impedances and lead inductances.
> 
> 
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