Re: tiny inductor with every bypass cap?

Tim Wescott wrote:
> Joerg wrote:
>> Talal Itani wrote:
>>> Ok, maybe not tiny.  I have never seen this before, so I wonder whey 
>>> these inductors are there.
>>>
>>
>> Possibly a very young guy did the design. There are people who take a 
>> sledgehammer to hang a picture. Sometimes the sledgehammer then makes 
>> a hole in the wall ;-)
>>
>>>
>>>> BTW, 50uH isn't really "tiny". 
>>>
>>
>> For RF it's huge. Like a sledgehammer. Sledgehammers can cause a lot 
>> of grief.
>>
> WHAT?  You mean that semiconductor companies hire kids with no real 
> experience fresh out of college to be applications engineers?
> 
> Now THAT would imply that they look at their applications engineers as a

> marketing expense, not a profit center.
> 

Well, suffice it to mention one episode: Just after receiving my degree 
I met a guy at an air****t. Recognized him right away because we happened 
to pick up our degrees around the same time. "Hey, what are you doing 
now?" ... "Writing application notes for XYZ Cor****ation". <gasp>

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Regards, Joerg

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