If you want to build cool things these days, you’ve probably had to master surface mount electronics. However, for many people, ball grid array (BGA) is still intimidating. Have a look at ...

A Ball Grid Array is descended from the pin grid array (PGA): a historic VLSI through-hole packaging technology, featuring a regular array of metal pins underneath the package on a not very ...

Nice try, but here are some tips. 1. You you cleaning the old BGA use hot-air and warm up the board. It is much easier. 2. Then you solder the BGA you need heat on both top and bottom.

WEST WARWICK, R.I. — Advanced Interconnections is touting its 0.0295-inch (0.75-mm)-pitch BGA Socket Adapter System as one of the smallest on the market and an alternative to soldering ball-grid array ...

AN-1112, for example, covers the die-size ball-grid-array (DSBGA) wafer-scale package. The complete list can be found here , including information on older through-hole and power packages.

Lead-free solder has numerous undesirable characteristics, such as a higher melting point and reduced wetting than its leaded predecessor. These characteristics tend to produce more voids in solder ...