Doug, 

Can there be love without attachment … or attachment is the first step to love  
or love begins attachment…

Sudhakar Wasnik, 


> On Mar 3, 2023, at 8:28 AM, Douglas Nix 
> <00000bb8ff993b10-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I just got confirmation from the engineer who created the drawing that that 
> symbol is indeed a heatsink. Thanks all for your responses.
> 
> Doug Nix
> d...@mac.com
> (519) 729-5704
> 
> "Attachment is a form of dependency based on ego; love is non-attachment 
> based on spirit." - Deepak Chopra
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 3, 2023, at 03:05, James Pawson (U3C) <ja...@unit3compliance.co.uk> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I would agree with Dan, looks like a notation for a heatsink.
>>  
>> The pinout looks like a surface mount MOSFET so I would guess the meaning as 
>> “requires heatsinking / thermal spreading as part of PCB structure”
>>  
>> If part of a DC/DC converter or power supply this is a good way to connect a 
>> high dV/dt node to one plate of a capacitor! Welcome to the wonderful world 
>> of engineering compromise – EMC or thermal performance?
>>  
>> All the best
>> James
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>> From: Dan Roman <00000d75e04ed751-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ieee.org> 
>> Sent: 02 March 2023 22:28
>> To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
>> Subject: Re: [PSES] Can anyone tell me what this symbol means?
>>  
>> Maybe that the heatsink is connected to the drain?
>>  
>> Dan
>>  
>>  
>> From: Doug Nix [mailto:d...@ieee.org] 
>> Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2023 4:53 PM
>> To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG <mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG>
>> Subject: [PSES] Can anyone tell me what this symbol means?
>>  
>> Colleagues,
>>  
>> I came across the eyelash-like symbol above the MOSFET in the image below, 
>> and I am at a loss for what it represents. My searches of schematic symbol 
>> databases has come up dry as well. Anyone know what this means?
>>  
>> <image001.jpg>
>>  
>> Doug Nix
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