SSZTB60 June 2016 CSD15380F3 , CSD23280F3 , CSD25480F3
Kevin O'Connell
What contains more silicon: a grain of sand or TI’s latest FemtoFET product? As I sit in my beach chair watching the waves of the Atlantic roll onto the Jersey shore, my mind drifts over this question. The newly released F3 FemtoFETs, boasting a miniscule body size of 0.6mm by 0.7mm by 0.35mm (see Figure 1), can easily rival the grains of sand blowing under the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Check out the latest products to join the FemtoFET portfolio in the table below, including the ultra-low capacitance CSD15380F3.
Part Number | N/P | Vds | Vgs | Id Cont. (A) | Typical Rdson (mohm) | Ciss (pF) | ||
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4.5V | 2.5V | 1.8V | ||||||
CSD15380F3 | N | 20 | 10 | 0.5 | 1170 | 2200 | x | 8.1 |
CSD25480F3 | P | 20 | 12 | 1.7 | 132 | 203 | 420 | 119 |
CSD23280F3 | P | 12 | 6 | 1.8 | 97 | 129 | 180 | 180 |
With devices this small, a critical consideration is the surface-mount technology (SMT) equipment used to attach the FemtoFETs to the board. The pitch of the device pads is the determining factor as to whether a customer’s SMT equipment can handle a package. Most high-volume personal electronics manufacturers have SMT equipment that can handle a minimum tolerance of 0.35mm pad pitch, but the SMT equipment at some industrial customers can only go down to a 0.50mm pad pitch.
The FemtoFET’s land grid array (LGA) package is similar to a silicon chip-scale package (CSP), except that the LGA has no attached solder balls. The gold-plated leads on the F3 FemtoFETs maintain the same 0.35mm pad pitch used on TI’s previous-generation F4 FemtoFETs. This enables existing F4 customers to use the smaller devices with full confidence that their SMT equipment can handle them.
In order to extend FemtoFETs into industrial applications, TI is also introducing a line of F5 FemtoFETs with a 0.50mm pitch, expanding the voltage range up to 60V. To learn more about this 60V F5 device, see my colleague Brett Barr’s blog post, “Shrink your industrial footprint with new 60V FemtoFET MOSFET.”
TI recommends Pb-free (SnAgCu) SAC alloy solder paste when board-mounting FemtoFETs such as the SAC305. You can use Type 3 paste, but the smaller-diameter Type 4 solder paste is preferable. The paste should be no-clean and water-soluble, although flux cleaning after board mount is still a good idea.
A stencil defines the locations where you should deposit the solder paste on the board. The thickness of the stencil and the x-y dimensions of the openings are important parameters. The maximum stencil thickness should be 100µm.
A wide variety of wearables and personal communication devices use low-leakage FemtoFETs. With gate and drain leakages typically in the single digit nano-amp range, FemtoFETs help to ensure that the battery charge of your personal electronics device lasts for the full day at the beach. With over 500 million FemtoFETs shipped since their introduction in 2013, as I relax on Long Beach Island this summer, I will be dreaming of all those pitch-perfect grains of sand. Get more information on TI’s family of FemtoFET MOSFETS.
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