I need to select an appropriate MOSFET for my relay switching.

Coil specifications are as follows:

Coil Power: 1200 mW
Nominal Voltage: 12Vdc
Pick-Up Voltage: 8.4Vdc
Drop-Out Voltage: 1.2Vdc
Maximum Voltage: 14.4Vdc
Coil Resistance: 120ohm

Olin suggested the IRLML2502, which is a nice MOSFET, but Mouser doesn't
stock it, and I'm going to be using Mouser as my supplier. I searched up a
bunch of other small signal MOSFETS, and came across this one:

PMV56XN (http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/PMV56XN.pdf)
16 thousand of them in stock
$0.134 each (very cheap compared to the other options)
Rds ON is only 0.056 ohms
Vds breakdown is at 20V
Ids up to 3.76A
1.92W dissipation
SOT23.

Sound like a reasonable device? Also, the gate seems to be very sensitive o=
n
this one. Probably a good thing, since I'm working with low voltages.
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