The linear CCD module is a central component in the OtterVIS LGL spectrophotometer, and for this everything needs to be as compact as possible, so I've replaced the (relatively expensive) electrolytic capacitor in the module for that project with a tantalum cap and placed T1 under the TCD1304. Here's the slimmed down version:

Here you see it from the back. C1 has been replaced with a cheap tantalum capacitor. Don't laugh at my SMD soldering skills..

All in all it buys me the few extra mm that I need to keep the OtterVIS spectrograph inside the build volume of the 3D-printer.