[PCB_FORUM] Re: 0.5 mm BGA, whew!

  • From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 11:06:01 -0800 

 
Or Laughing Out Loud.  A little more energetic is ROFL (Rolling On the Floor
Laughing).  A little more manic is ROFLMAO (Rolling On the Floor Laughing My
A__ Off).
 
IIRC (If I Remember Correctly)
 
Lots of these abbreviation thingies were used as TTY shortcuts when I was in
the Navy in the seventies :)
 
Also, check out http://www.acronymfinder.com/
<http://www.acronymfinder.com/> 
 
CUL
-- 
George Patrick
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Central Engineering, PCB Design Group
P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
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It's my opinion, not Tektronix' 

-----Original Message-----
From: Degennaro, Natalie N [mailto:natalie.n.degennaro@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:47
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: 0.5 mm BGA, whew!



My Instant messager Husband says it means Lots of Laughs. He he he. ;-)

 


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From: Tom Robinson [mailto:trobinson@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:46 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: 0.5 mm BGA, whew!

 

Hi Natalie:

 

What is "LOL" ?

 

tr :)

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Degennaro, Natalie N [mailto:natalie.n.degennaro@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:59 PM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: 0.5 mm BGA, whew!

Gary,

 

1)       We use micro vias in pad (built into padstack used, and are through
hole).

2)       Decide ahead of time and build them into the symbol. Otherwise
"replace padstack" for when you do know what layers you need to connect to.
That will get you out of the DRC quandary. You can use the blind/buried via
wizard to generate them automatically.

3)       Why are you still using a .brd in mils? Your parts are dictating
that you need to switch to millimeters (like we have). Or is this just a
personal thing? (LOL). Parts built in millimeters and then read into a mils
.brd will have round off.

4)       Why do this?

5)       Why not have a micro via in pad set for 1-4, in your example? Your
three mv's are going to connect anyway, if they are at same center.

 

It doesn't have to be as hard as you think. Just change the way you think
and try something new (LOL). It can be fun! 

 

Natalie

 


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From: Gary MacIndoe [mailto:gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:06 AM
To: Allegro Forum
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] 0.5 mm BGA, whew!

 

All,

 

Well, it seems to be a slow day on the Forum, so I'll through out a
relatively involved set of questions!

 

We are looking into using a 0.5 mm BGA in a very dense design, so big time
HDI practices will come into play: micro vias (MVs), probably even stacked
micro vias (SMVs), in order to fan out on several layers.

 

-  would you use the micro vias in pad or not?  Why?  Build them into the
symbol?

 

-  how can you have the micro vias built into the symbol if you don't know
which balls will go down to which layer?

 

-  I will make the 0.5 mm BGA Allegro symbol with the drawing units set to
Millimeters, but would like to keep the design database set to Mils.  Is
this the way most of you have done it?

 

-  if the symbol is set to Millimeters and the design set to Mils, this
makes dropping the micro vias (in pad or not) after the BGA symbol is placed
in the design tricky.  Any other way to get around this?

 

-  So, setting up blind/buried micro vias should be the same as any
blind/buried via.  How about SMVs?  If you have a micro via set up for
layers 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, etc., how do you avoid the DRCs when you stack them
(same X,Y)?

 

My head is about spinning trying to comprehend all of this micro via/stacked
micro via stuff!

 

Any help from someone that has already used a 0.5 mm BGA on a very dense
design with stacked micro vias would be greatly appreciated!!

 

Thanks in advance,

Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Longmont, Colorado

 

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