The only way I can think of large pads affecting leakage current in a cap, is if the capacitance involved is VERY small, such that the capacitance of the pads themselves adds in parallel to that of the cap. Unless the cap was _really_ small, I'd doubt this though... Rgds John --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------