On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Bob Blick <bobblick@ftml.net> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014, at 01:28 PM, Bob Blick wrote:
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> > 40 pin DFN package, 5x7mm.
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> Sorry, I meant QFN. Either way, no fun.
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>     I can guess because the soldering problems?  This type of package is
much easy to manually solder than it looks, because of the solder paste
cohesion with the pads and the package is creating a sort of
auto-positioning if the solder is correctly melted.

The true problem is the PCB which requires a lot of thermal vias to
evacuate the heat into the ground plane and heatsink.

Vasile
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