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 ...

The chip comes in a ball grid array (BGA) package which is notoriously ... boards and we came along for the ride. To reflow the surface mount components he picked up a cheap pancake griddle.

Ball grid array (BGA) packaging is a kind of surface-mount packaging being used in integrated circuits (ICs) and provide more connectivity pins that can be put on dual-in-line or flat package. It is ...

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Such miniaturized packages, from die-size ball grid arrays to extra-small ... Back in the old days before surface-mount technology (SMT), the standard small-signal ...

These characteristics tend to produce more voids in solder balls on ball-grid arrays (BGAs). Since the voids can evade ... are less likely to cause problems than those close to the ball surface or to ...