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    Posted: 05 Nov 2020 at 10:48am
Should the thermal pad (D2, E2) be the nominal or maximum size shown on the datasheet?

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Most component manufacturer's recommended thermal pad sizes are Nominal. 

That's what we use for all the thermal pad footprints on "Parts on Demand" (POD). 

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