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I have not lost any components to static yet, but is that luck or good practice?
I have not lost any components to static yet, but is that luck or good practice?
You'll hear these referred to as "bypass capacitors". They are more about signal conditioning during operation, (they are usually in circuit around a resistive load to bypass any AC component to ground), Static electricity is usually a high-potential DC voltage. After they charge, capacitors present a high impedance to DC signals. I wouldn't think they would aid much in static protection.
I could be wrong, but that's what I remember of the basic theory.
Respectfully,
Related question - on old PC cards in particular there are often very small (47pf or so) capacitors to ground on all the I/O lines that are exposed from the case. Am I right in assuming that's also for static protection in part ?
Alan
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