Philips Semiconductors now offers the smallest single gate 5V logic family available, PicoGate Logic. Consisting of single gate functions packaged in a 5 pin SOT353 package, PicoGate Logic reduces board space requirements 10 times over the conventional 14 pin SO package. Driven by applications with a very small circuit board mounting area, the PicoGate Logic family offers the most popular logic functions for space-constrained systems such as cellular phones, pagers, and portable consumer products (CD players, VCR’s, cameras, hard disks, notebook computers, PC cards, CD ROM’s, and Personal Digital Assistants). They can also be used as simple glue/repair logic to implement last minute design changes or to eliminate dependence on intricate line layout patterns and simplify routing. Philips Semiconductors offers PicoGate Logic in both the HC and HCT technologies. The package used is a major breakthrough in IC packaging concepts, using the same package as leading edge discrete semiconductor components. Space savings can be compared in Figure 1.