(maybe)

We're embarking on a new design that appears to be a great candidate for embedded capacitance (mixed high speed & RF).  We've never used it before.  Because this project will be very high profile within the company, and we have a very condensed development schedule, I don't want to introduce risk that can't be managed.  My theory is that we already have a high risk of not passing FCC for radiated emissions, EC might be a lesser risk as the minimized harmonics will be a great help.

But I don't know HOW risky it is.  What if I don't have space for all the caps we left off counting on the EC?  Is there a way to calculate what caps CAN be safely removed?  Is the capacitance benefit often theoretical, or always real world?

I'm kind of sticking my neck out here, I'm just not sure how safe that might be.

Thanks!

Pete