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14 years ago

Cyclone IV GX, DDR decoupling

Hi, I'm actually doing schematics using the cyclone Iv gx evaluation board. I placed the same DDR2( Mircon MT47H16M16) but I wonder why there are only 40 caps (10x4 CN caps) when micron says t...
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14 years ago

These are required, but not necessary. The more, the better, but usually there is no requirement to overload the PCB with caps.