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@ubruhin ubruhin commented Oct 16, 2025

SUMMARY

Adding SOT89-3 from the JEDEC TO-243 standard. Package is manually created, STEP model generated by LibrePCB/librepcb-parts-generator#151. Added a separate footprint variant for hand-soldering.

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OPEN QUESTIONS / UNRESOLVED ISSUES
  • I could not find out what would be the IPC7351C naming for this package. Therefore it is named "SOT89-3" for now, as usually named in datasheets.
  • The lead lengths (how far they go under the body) is not standardized in JEDEC and is often not even documented in datasheets. Also the recommended footprints vary quite heavily. I tried to find some reasonable footprint geometry as a mix of the datasheets I have found.
  • Since pad 2 is very large, I manually added a smaller solder paste mask similar to what NXP recommends.
CHECKLIST
  • I have read and followed the library conventions¹.
  • For packages, I followed IPC7351C (see details in library conventions).
  • For modified elements, I bumped their version number².
  • I already used the new library elements in a design and verified their correctness (optional).
  • I'm the copyright owner of the added content (i.e. the changes are made by myself, not copied/imported from somewhere else).
  • I agree to publish all my changes under the CC0 Public Domain License³, allowing everyone to use and modify the content without any restrictions.

¹ Library Conventions: https://docs.librepcb.org/#libraryconventions
² Minor version bump if only metadata was modified (e.g. "0.1" -> "0.1.1"), major version bump if functional changes were made (e.g. "0.1" -> "0.2")
³ CC0 Public Domain License: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC0

@ubruhin ubruhin added addition New library element. ready for review Waiting for review by maintainers. labels Oct 16, 2025
@ubruhin ubruhin merged commit f1eeda7 into master Oct 21, 2025
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@ubruhin ubruhin deleted the sot89 branch October 21, 2025 09:59
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