Could someone who's used 0508 and/or 0306 sized capacitors comment on whether or not you had any particular difficulties in manufacturing relative to the use of 0805s and 0603s? Our contact at our current contract manufacturer initially said he'd never _heard_ of 0306's and, after talking to some of his guys, said that, yes, they had used them, but sometimes ended up having to laser trim the footprints (presumably so as to avoid solder bridging between the pads or part misalignment or somesuch). I'm curious as to whether this is a real problem with reverseaspect ratio parts, or if it's a lot of FUD on their part... I'm really surprised that there's been so much resistance to using the things!
Thanks,
---Joel Kolstad