Re: MMC PCB

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Michael,

On 13 Aug 2001, at 20:08, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Michael Rhodes by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rhodes-at-fnrf.science.cmu.ac.th>
> 
> I wish to thank everyone for their very helpful responses.
> Since we have an in-house PCB facility (design and build
> a few hundred PCBs every year) the cost and resources
> was not an issue.  One other question, should the resistors
> be mounted on opposite side of the board as the caps?  Also
> how much clearance between the components and the PCB
> should I make (for cooling purposes)?

I mounted mine on the same side of the boards as the caps. They run 
cold and the caps warm just a little. I use no special cooling. In 
fact, my MMCs are fitted into plastic lunchboxes.

Regards,
malcolm