I mean, have you seen PC power supplies? A lot of them have parts that aren't that much bigger with thermal pads underneath, and then have fins attached to the copper on the top of the board for the heatsinking. Looks damned weird.
@zetasyanthis yeah but those'll be like SOT-223s or DPAKs, which are designed to be used that way
no one uses SOT-23s when they need power dissipation
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@Felthry Also, the troublemaker in me wants to build a ridiculous board to prove this wrong, even though there's no real point. XD
@zetasyanthis but augh now you have me wanting to too!!
sot-23 is a pleasant little package...
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