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Can you add thermal area to a package?

alank2
alank2 over 8 years ago

Let's say you have a sot223 with 4 pads and you want to add some more copper to pad 4 to allow it to cool better.  How can this be done on the package?  It does not like it when I add a wide trace to it on the top copper layer (drc errors).

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    0 e14candies over 8 years ago

    You can add copper to the top layer at your pad, just make sure to name the

    copper using the same net the particular pad uses.  This is referring to

    the actual board layout, not your library (there may be a way to do that as

    well).

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    0 alank2 over 8 years ago in reply to e14candies

    I was hoping for a way to make the changes in the library, but I don't see a way to name traces the same as the pin in the device editor...  Any other thoughts on how to do this?

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    0 autodeskguest over 8 years ago

    See the manual

    8.14 Arbitrary Pad Shapes

     

    HTH

    Warren

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    0 alank2 over 8 years ago in reply to autodeskguest

    Thanks Warren, I did try this and it worked.  Does it only work with polygon's?  I don't think it worked with a trace when I tried that.

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    0 autodeskguest over 8 years ago in reply to alank2

    On 7/07/2015 2:14 a.m., alank2 wrote:

    Thanks Warren, I did try this and it worked.  Does it only work with

    polygon's?  I don't think it worked with a trace when I tried that.

     

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    It works with WIRE in a package

    See HELP>Editor Commands>PAD> Arbitrary Pads Shapes

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

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