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Q
Can the thermal pad be connected to PCB GND?
A:
Yes the exposed thermal pad must be soldered for mechanical reasons; in addition, soldering the exposed thermal pad to a copper (as big as possible) plane on the PCB provides good thermal performance. In most cases the largest copper plane on the PCB will be GND plane.