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Formanyyears,the8-leadSOICpackagehasbeenthemostpopularpackageforserialEEPROMs,butnowsmallerpackagesarebecomingmoreandmorecommonplace.Thisoffersanumberofbenefits;thereductionsinfootprintsizeandcomponentheightaresomeofthemoreobviousones.Smallerpackagesalsogenerallyofferacostadvantageovertheirlargercounterparts.Currently,theSOT-23packageisoneofthesmallestpackagesavailableforserialEEPROMs,anditspopu-larityhasbeengrowingsignificantly.However,whiletheSOICisanindustry-standardpackageavailablefromallmajorEEPROMvendors,theSOT-23packageisstillrelativelynew,especiallyinlargermemoryden-sities.Whenanew,smallerpackageisfirstreleasedbyavendor,thereisalwaysaninherentlagbeforethepackagebecomesavailablefromallvendors.Forexample,Microchipwasthefirstvendortooffer32-and64-KbitI2C™serialEEPROMsina5-leadSOT-23packageanditwilltaketimebeforeothervendorsoffersimilardevices.SystemdesignerscanusetheSOT-23packageandenjoytheassociatedbenefits,ortheycanmaintainabroadlistofpossiblevendors.Now,bycombiningfootprints,bothcanbedoneatthesametime.AN1420AddingFlexibilitybyUsingMultipleFootprintsforMicrowireSerialEEPROMsThisideacanalsobeappliedtoother8-leadpackages,Author:ChrisParrissuchastheTSSOPandMSOP,iftheapplicationMicrochipTechnologyInc.allowsforasmallamountofextraboardspacetobeused.INTRODUCTIONFIGURE1:COMBINED6-LEADSOT-23Formanyyears,the8-leadSOICpackagehasbeen……