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Small-outline transistor
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<p>A small outline transistor (SOT) is a family of small footprint, discrete <a href="/facts/Surface-mount_technology/SjFyQbbm">surface mount</a> <a href="/facts/Transistor/Bmr8zwL0">transistor</a> commonly used in <a href="/facts/Consumer_electronics/cJ8g9NXh">consumer electronics</a>. The most common SOT are SOT23 variations,. SOT23-5 differs from SOT23 in a wider body of 1.6 mm (0.063 in) instead of 1.3 mm (0.051 in). Also, manufacturers offer the nearly identical thin small outline transistor (TSOT/TSOP) package, where lower height is important. </p>