Charge Cap Crystal – Package

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I got an external crystal for a MCU ( tm4c1233h6pm).

I use the NX-16MHZ from NDK, in the datasheet, the recommend cap charge for the crystal are 2 cap of 10 pF for a 16 Mhz crystal.

My question is that I used 0603 package for the caps in the first iteration, but if I change to a smaller package like 0402 can it leads to problem?

Best Answer

You will be fine - don't give it a second thought. Do ensure that the capacitor is a C0G/NP0 type though.