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Howto: Hand solder an MSOP IC with exposed pad

I recently had to solder a special MSOP IC with an exposed pad to a PCB. The device was a LT8610 which is a 2.5A synchronous step-down regulator. The exposed pad is needed to lower the thermal resistance and it is internally connected to ground. That’s why you should really solder the exposed pad to… Continue reading Howto: Hand solder an MSOP IC with exposed pad

Published 2016-01-22
Categorized as Electronics Tagged solder

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