[PCB_FORUM] Oddball FET Footprint

  • From: "Ritter, Alan" <Alan.Ritter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:14:10 -0400

I'm working on the PCB footprint for a Siliconix (Vishay) Si7308DN FET.  
Nominally, it's an 8-pin part, but the thermal pad partially overlays pins 5-8 
(the drain connections to the FET).  The recommended layout has the 8 
individual pins plus the thermal pad.  Obviously, adding this as a ninth pad or 
a filled shape creates DRCs with pins 5-8.

Anyone have any bright ideas for how to lay this beast out to avoid DRCs and 
keep with the recommended pad configuration for the part?

Alan Ritter
Surgical Equipment Design & Development
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