SMD Stencils for Individual Components

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jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Looking for suggested sources for inexpensive solder paste stencils for individual SMD IC's. The sort of IC's I will be using are 0.5 mm and 0.65 mm pitch chips with and without an exposed pad (e.g., MSOP-10 w/ exposed pad such as the TI S-PDSO-G10 package aka HVSSOP(10) ).

Amazon and Aliexpress have stencil sets for reballing that are reasonably priced. DigiKey carries ChipQuip stencils for individual components that are $11.50 each. Here's one example:

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Are there other sources you can recommend, or is it just better to send off the footprints I need and have them made?
 
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