Some good surface mount resources Philips databook SC18 has a comprehensive list of Philips SMT packages and recommended reflow and wave pad footprints. A real book is easier to use. If you don't have one then the 291 page pdf is here Far more practical for most purposes than eg JEDEC site. http://www.hta-bi.bfh.ch/E/ecad/PCB-Data/Documentation/Philips-SC18.pdf 13 page excerpt of SC18, chapter 4 covering soldering guidelines and SMT footprint design. http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat_download/various/SC18_CHAPTER_4_1.pdf SC18 Chapter 5 Thermal considerations and design. http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat_download/various/SC18_CHAPTER_5_1.pdf Philips packages. You can rapidly search by code or wade through an extended selection tree http://www-us.semiconductors.philips.com/package/ Example of what you can get to by wading the above. recommended pad dimensions for wave and reflow soldering the (all the same) SOT89 / SC62 / MPT3 / UPAK / TO243 http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat_download/packages/footprint/SOT89-(SC-62)-REFLOW-WAVE.pdf LT packages, markings Not as useful as SC18 but complements it. http://www.hta-bi.bfh.ch/E/ecad/PCB-Data/Documentation/Packages.pdf -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist