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[Andy Peters]

SteveKirby wrote on Mon, 18 August 2008 17:22

J.R.  Wouldn't a lower ESR cap work better in a power supply as well?  I would think it wouldn't have to be bypassed as heavily.

Lower ESR is almost always better, except with some LDO regulators that specify a range of acceptable ESR values. Those regulators are happy with most aluminum electrolytics but they go batty with the new lost-cost  high-value ceramics that offer quite-low ESR.

-a