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Thermal Pad sizing

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Printed Date: 22 Nov 2024 at 3:59am


Topic: Thermal Pad sizing
Posted By: jnbrown
Subject: Thermal Pad sizing
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 10:48am
Should the thermal pad (D2, E2) be the nominal or maximum size shown on the datasheet?

Thanks


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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 10:51am
Most component manufacturer's recommended thermal pad sizes are Nominal. 

That's what we use for all the thermal pad footprints on "Parts on Demand" (POD). 



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Posted By: jnbrown
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 11:18am
Thanks Tom


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