FROM: James D. Herard ************************************************************** Subject: Traces in between SOIC Pads Mark: that depends upon your pc board suppliers coating registration and window sizes. As long as you can ensure that the traces are covered with well adhered coating and that coating extends down onto the laminate of the pc board feel free to run the traces there. Do avoid running traces between pads that are on 0.020" centers or closer, as most suppliers will not guarantee that there will be 100% coverage of coating on such tight spaces, and generally open the area up entirely. James Herard x77026 KBLE/014-3 Quality Engineer *************************************************************** ********* Get it While you Can ********************* *************************************************************** *** Forwarding note from SMTP2 --IINUS1 10/24/96 15:10 ***