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Aquad flat package (QFP) is asurface-mountedintegrated circuitpackage with "gull wing" leads extending from each of the four sides.[1] Socketing such packages is rare and through-hole mounting is not possible. Versions ranging from 32 to 304 pins with apitch ranging from 0.4 to 1.0 mm are common. Other special variants include low-profile QFP (LQFP) and thin QFP (TQFP).[2]
The first QFPs were introduced in Japan in 1977 in order to provide more pins on a small package to allow a greater number of digits onelectronic calculators. It soon spread to otherconsumer electronics in that country.[3] The QPF only became common inEurope andUnited States during the early nineties. It is often mixed withhole mounted, and sometimessocketed, components on the sameprinted circuit board (PCB).
A high package related to QFP isplastic leaded chip carrier (PLCC) which is similar but has pins with larger pitch, 1.27 mm (or 1/20 inch), curved up underneath a thicker body to simplify socketing (soldering is also possible). It is commonly used forNOR flash memories and other programmable components.
The quad flat-pack has connections only around the periphery of the package. To increase the number of pins, the spacing was decreased from 50 mil (as found onsmall outline packages) to 20 and later 12 (1.27 mm, 0.51 mm and 0.30 mm respectively). However, this close lead spacing madesolder bridges more likely and put higher demands on the soldering process and alignment of parts during assembly.[1] The laterpin grid array (PGA) andball grid array (BGA) packages, by allowing connections to be made over the area of the package and not just around the edges, allowed for higher pin counts with similar package sizes, and reduced the problems with close lead spacing.
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The basic form is a flat rectangular (often square) body with leads on four sides but with numerous variation in the design. These differ usually only in lead number, pitch, dimensions, and materials used (usually to improve thermal characteristics). A clear variation isbumpered quad flat package (BQFP) with extensions at the four corners to protect the leads against mechanical damage before the unit is soldered.
Heat sink quad flat package,heatsink very thin quad flat-pack no-leads (HVQFN) is a package with no component leads extending from the IC. Pads are spaced along the sides of the IC with an exposed die that can be used as ground.Spacing between pins can vary.
Athin quad flat pack (TQFP) provides the same benefits as the metric QFP, but is thinner. Regular QFP are 2.0 to 3.8 mm thick depending on size. TQFP packages range from 32 pins with a 0.8 mm lead pitch, in a package 5 mm by 5 mm by 1 mm thick, to 256 pins, 28 mm square, 1.4 mm thick and a lead pitch of 0.4 mm.[2]
TQFPs help solve issues such as increasing board density, die shrink programs, thin end-product profile and portability. Lead counts range from 32 to 176. Body sizes range from5 mm × 5 mm to20 × 20 mm. Copper lead-frames are used in TQFPs. Lead pitches available for TQFPs are 0.4 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.65 mm, 0.8 mm, and 1.0 mm.PQFP, orplastic quad flat pack, is a type of QFP, as is the thinner TQFP package. PQFP packages can vary in thickness from 2.0 mm to 3.8 mm. Alow-profile quad flat package (LQFP) is asurface mountintegrated circuit package format with component leads extending from each of the four sides. Pins are numbered counter-clockwise from the index dot.Spacing between pins can vary; common spacings are 0.4, 0.5, 0.65 and 0.80 mm intervals.
| Package | description |
|---|---|
| BQFP | bumpered quad flat package |
| BQFPH | bumpered quad flat package withheat spreader |
| CQFP | ceramic quad flat package |
| EQFP | plastic enhanced quad flat package |
| FQFP | fine pitch quad flat package |
| LQFP | low profile quad flat package |
| MQFP | metric quad flat package |
| NQFP | near chip-scale quad flat package.[4] |
| SQFP | small quad flat package |
| TQFP | thin quad flat package |
| VQFP | very small quad flat package |
| VTQFP | very thin quad flat package |
| TDFN | thin dual flat no-lead package.[5] |
Some QFP packages have anexposed pad. The exposed pad is an extra pad underneath or on top of the QFP that may act as a ground connection and/or as a heat sink for the package. The pad is typically 10 or more mm2, and with the pad soldered down onto the ground plane, heat is passed into the PCB. This exposed pad also gives a solid ground connection. These types of QFP packages often have an-EP suffix (e.g. a LQFP-EP 64), or they have an odd number of leads, (e.g. a TQFP-101).
Ceramic QFP packages come in two variants, CERQUAD and CQFP:
Hereby the leadframe is attached between two ceramic layers of the package. The leadframe is attached using glass. This package is a variant of the CERDIP package. CERQUAD packages are the "low cost" alternative for CQFP packages, and are mainly used for terrestrial applications.Main ceramic package manufacturers are Kyocera, NTK,... and offer the full pincount range
Hereby the leads are soldered on top of the package. The package is a multilayer package, and is offered as HTCC (high temperature co-fired ceramic). The number of bonding decks can be one, two or three. Package is finished with a nickel plus athick gold layer, except where the leads are soldered and decoupling capacitors are soldered on top of the package. These packages are hermetic. Two methods are used in order to make the hermetic sealing: eutectic gold-tin alloy (melting point 280 °C) or seam welding. Seam welding gives rise to significantly less temperature rise in the internal of the package (e.g., the die attach). This package is the main package used for Space projects.
Due to the large body size of CQFP packages, parasitics are important for this package. Power supply decoupling is improved by having the decoupling capacitors mounted on top of this package. E.g. TI offers 256-pin CQFP packages where decoupling capacitors can be soldered on top of the package[6] E.g. Test-expert 256-pin CQFP packages where decoupling capacitors can be soldered on top of the package.[7]
The main ceramic package manufacturers are Kyocera (Japan), NTK (Japan), Test-Expert (Russia), etc. and offer the full pincount range. Maximum pin count is 352 pins.
