We've placed several million of them successfully over the last five years. While we don't use the IPC patterns exactly, ours are not too much different and we don't have any significant difference in soldering problems than with 0805's hope this helps give you a "warmer and fuzzier" feeling. Regards Sherman Banks Trimble Navigation Sunnyvale, CA [log in to unmask] *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************