Robert, I have a question. Since these are protection diodes won't the FET=20 be blown if you leave them out and it turns out that your design needs them= ? Thanks, rich! On 2/7/2015 10:04 PM, Robert Dvoracek wrote: > 0603 are tiny and really difficult to work with manually. > 0805 are about the smallest components I can work with and keep my sanity= .. > Those protection diodes are good to have and cover all possible bases, bu= t probably aren't needed unless your load has enough inductive energy to ex= ceed Vds or Vgs. > What I do sometimes in my prototypes is lay out the optional components t= hat may become necessary, buy a few and experiment to see what will work. > If it turns out that one of them is unnecessary, just leave it out of the= final design. > > Cheers, > Robert > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .