IC package / Mechanical reference

QFN-56 7×7 mm

Reference drawing for a 7×7 mm QFN package with 56 perimeter leads and a bottom exposed ground pad.

The bottom carries the contacts; the top carries the pin-1 orientation mark.
Bottom · perimeter contacts and exposed pad

Footprint checks

Before using this drawing

01

Pin numbering depends on the viewing side

Top and bottom views are mirrored. Confirm the viewing convention used by the IC datasheet before creating or checking a PCB footprint.

02

The exposed pad is not included in the 56 perimeter pins

In QFN-56, 56 is the number of perimeter contacts. The center exposed pad is a separate ground and thermal connection that must follow the specific IC documentation.

03

Body size is not the land pattern

7×7 mm describes the package body. Pad length, solder-mask expansion, paste segmentation, and thermal-via arrays must come from the specific device datasheet or IPC guidance.

Pad dimensions, paste apertures, and thermal vias must follow the selected IC datasheet.