{"id":4102,"date":"2015-06-06T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T20:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:24:17","slug":"4-component-library-white-papers-that-youll-keep-on-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2015\/06\/06\/4-component-library-white-papers-that-youll-keep-on-file\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Component Library White Papers that You&#8217;ll Keep on File!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a PCB Librarian, PCB Designer, ECAD Engineer, NPIE, new to PCB design, involved in PCB manufacturing or anywhere in-between you&#8217;ll want to keep these four white papers on file for future reference and guidance. Each paper provides PCB design industry guidance, design best practices and the educational information you need for the surface mount component families that you use the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each paper discusses everything from the land sizes for each of the applicable lead type to the placement courtyard and routing schemes to consider for the different technology and density levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1<\/strong> is dedicated to the creation of <strong>Molded Body components.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-1-molded-body-components-8606fa51-b629-4eda-8151-3b9ccb99ba7d?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here <\/strong><\/a>to download.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-1-molded-body-components-8606fa51-b629-4eda-8151-3b9ccb99ba7d?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3799 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/02\/WP-Front-page-520x668.png\" alt=\"WP Front page\" width=\"170\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/02\/xDX-Molded1.png\" alt=\"xDX Molded\" width=\"162\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Part 2<\/strong> covers the\u00a0 <strong>Small Outline Transistor (SOT). <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-2-sot-small-outline-transistors--8120a935-a7a1-4895-9b0b-cc04f4e98b2b?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to download.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3837 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/SOT-1thru4-520x106.png\" alt=\"SOT 1thru4\" width=\"500\" height=\"102\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-2-sot-small-outline-transistors--8120a935-a7a1-4895-9b0b-cc04f4e98b2b?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3846 alignnone alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/WP-page-sample-520x670.png\" alt=\"WP page sample\" width=\"171\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Part 3<\/strong> covers <strong>BGAs. <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-3-bga-ball-grid-arrays--ff1decfb-2963-4024-8f58-8be0ac2b3e1b?cmpid=-9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to download.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-3-bga-ball-grid-arrays--ff1decfb-2963-4024-8f58-8be0ac2b3e1b?cmpid=-9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3863 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/WP-page-520x667.png\" alt=\"WP page\" width=\"168\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3859 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/BGA.png\" alt=\"BGA\" width=\"155\" height=\"127\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Part 4<\/strong> includes both <strong>QFN and PQFNs<\/strong> with pullback leads. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-4-qfn-quad-flat-no-lead-components-cf23ddb0-c941-446f-b6db-73539e991322?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> <\/strong>to download<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3880 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/blog-image-1.png\" alt=\"blog image 1\" width=\"172\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/resources\/overview\/pcb-design-perfection-the-cad-library-series-part-4-qfn-quad-flat-no-lead-components-cf23ddb0-c941-446f-b6db-73539e991322?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3882 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/03\/blog-image-2-520x669.png\" alt=\"blog image 2\" width=\"183\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to build IPC-7351B compliant land patterns <strong>90% faster<\/strong> ?\u00a0 Check out the<strong> Land Pattern Creator <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/library-management\/land-pattern-generation\/?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><strong>!<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about PADS <strong>Library Management<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pads.com\/library-management\/?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!\u00a0 John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a PCB Librarian, 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