In message <[email protected]>, dated Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Marko Radojicic <[email protected]> writes:
>Two Y-caps in series = lower capacitance, twice the parasitics, less >filtering, and thus more conducted EMI. > >There is no free lunch: "Bomb-proof" Y cap design = reduced EMI >performance, unfortunately. If I needed a 33 nF Y-cap, I might well use two 68 nF in series. No reduced EMC. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk For very important information, please turn over. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
