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Visitor
October 14, 2026
Question

ST25TN01K-AFH5: can I connect a wire coil directly to the AC0/AC1 pads without a PCB?

Can I attach a hand-wound enamelled copper wire coil (about 0.05 to 0.1 mm wire) directly to the AC0 and AC1 pads of the UFDFPN5 package, with the chip mounted pads-up and the wire joined using solder or conductive epoxy, and no PCB? Is there any ST guidance or reliability concern with this?

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Associate
October 14, 2026

There seems to be no documented guidance or method to do this without the use of a PCB. I would strongly recommend only doing this method if you absolutely have to or if it is purely for prototyping purposes.

 

If you really do have to connect the coil without a PCB, make sure the  wires, coil , everything is anchored and held in place as you introduce a mechanical risk by not using a PCB. 

 

Could you please provide more light on why you want to do this?