On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:41:21PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
DRAM chips tend to draw spikes of current during
refresh, as those
little capacitors get charged.
Sure... I'm used to that with +5V-only chips like the 4164 and
up, but I don't have any design experience with the multi-voltage
parts, thus my caution.
If you have adequate low-impedance
bypassing to supply those short-term demands, things should be fine
with the 7660. It's a fairly predictable and dependable chip.
By low-impedance bypassing, you mean monolithic (not electrolytic) caps,
or do you mean something else?
... I
wouldn't be able to get an order from Digikey for nearly 4
months in any case. I have to use what's on hand.
Good heavens, one would think you're in Antarctica or something.
Oh, wait.. ;)
Yes... ;) indeed.
-ethan
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