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09/03/11 12:21
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#183612 - SOT223 will not work at all!
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Raj said:
I do not have space for heatsinking pad/Plane on the PCB...

1,3W cannot be handled with a SOT223 package unless you have special heat dissipation planes and lots of thermal vias. Without any pad/plane the LM1117's temperature will rise up to about 140K/W * 1.3W = 180K over ambient temperature!!!

So, go for the TO220 package and mount it onto a proper heatsink. Look for another manufacturer of LM1117 to save cost. ST has a cheaper one, the LD1117.

Kai Klaas

List of 20 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
LM 1117 SOT 223 - Heatsinking            01/01/70 00:00      
   Tight Suggestion            01/01/70 00:00      
      I hate to change it, but            01/01/70 00:00      
         Price Competition            01/01/70 00:00      
         Price competition?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Depends            01/01/70 00:00      
         Switcher            01/01/70 00:00      
            Switchers...            01/01/70 00:00      
      LM1117 is an LDO            01/01/70 00:00      
         5V -> 3.3V            01/01/70 00:00      
            whoops            01/01/70 00:00      
         LDO in HDO Application            01/01/70 00:00      
   SOT223 will not work at all!            01/01/70 00:00      
      "A Proper Heatsink" Indeed            01/01/70 00:00      
         heat spreader            01/01/70 00:00      
      LD1117            01/01/70 00:00      
   Alternative to LD1117            01/01/70 00:00      
      The LV33 can only deliver 500mA            01/01/70 00:00      
         Current rating of LF33CV            01/01/70 00:00      
      LD1086DT33            01/01/70 00:00      

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