All standard functions available in eight-pin package

BY MAJEED AHMAD

NXP Semiconductors has launched a 0.8 x 1.35 x 0.35-mm leadless logic package to save board space and reduce PCB assembly costs in mobile, portable, and IoT applications. The company claims that GX 8 (SOT1233), boasting eight lead logic functions, is the world’s smallest leadless logic package.

Portable devices are continuously pushing electronic systems toward smaller packages, low power consumption, and low system costs. Therefore, NXP, which has earlier released five- and six-pin functions in the GX package, has made available the eight-pin package to facilitate most of the Mini Logic functions.

Logic functions are used to provide the interface between different chips, and having more logic functions in a single package simplifies the job of design engineers. Moreover, the shrinking design cycles, often demanding the single-chip solutions, are also pushing for a broad spectrum of standard logic functions to be integrated into smaller packages.
So most AXP, AUP, and LVC functions are now available in a GX package. NXP also claims that the GX 8 logic package is more rugged than its predecessor GX packages.

The GX 8 logic package — planned for mass production in Q4 2016 — is being priced at $0.42 per unit for 1,000, $0.35 per unit for 10,000, and $0.30 per unit for 100,000-piece quantities, respectively. NXP is the leading supplier of logic products and has been in the logic business for the past 50 years.