By Bhanu Kapoor
A decoupling capacitor (DeCap) is used in power-managed designs to decouple a power domain from the effects of power switching in a related domain.
A switching sub-circuit (a power domain or a voltage island) can mess up the power supply line upon which other sub-circuits or domains depend upon. When a load switches into a circuit, the circuit tries to increase its curre...
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