Dom Bragge wrote:
I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints (& the like)...
I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board.
What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under the TO-220 & have a suitable soldermask antipad? This could aid in cooling without resorting to an actual heatsink.
How should I best do that?
Do I place on the board a free pad, rectangle, with a hole the same size as the hole for the TO-220 tab? Seems a bit ugly, two holes etc etc but it should probably give me the SMask opening.
Do I make a 4pin lib part, have a 4th pin on the footprint being the large hole & add a polygon connected to that net? I suppose I'll have to add an opening for the SMask on the TO-220 footprint as well.
I think the special library part is the best way to do it.
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