Digital circuit decoupling for EMI reduction

Abstract

A printed circuit board assembly characterized by at least two decoupling capacitors for decoupling transient currents resulting from, for example, logic transitions in high-speed digital circuitry. The decoupling capacitors are physically arranged, and electrically connected between a power plane and a ground plane, so that transient currents flow in respectively opposite directions through the capacitors, thereby maximizing the capacitors' mutual inductance, and thus minimizing the electromagnetic interference generated by the capacitors.

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