One advantage to the traditional dog bone fanout is that it produces two = channels through the middle of the BGA, one vertical and one horizontal. = These can make it easier to route to pads near the middle of the array, = and also provide a little space on the opposite side of the board for a = few bypass caps near the middle of the part. Microvias can also provide those advantages. Just watch out for Nortel's = patent on the totally freakin' obvious technique of putting blind vias in = rows to give you routing channels on lower layers. William Kitchen Senior PCB Designer, AMX Corporation 469-624-6574 http://www.amx.com >>> Darshan Mehta <darshanmehta2k@xxxxxxxxx> 11/11/04 05:41AM >>> Hi All, =20 I have one general question regarding BGA routing. I have seen many BGA = boards and nobody puts via exactly below the BGA pad. Most of the times, = we generate Fanout outside the BGA pad. Is there is a specific reason for = that? I think we can save lot of space if we put via exactly below BGA = pad. Is there will be any problem if we put via exactly below the pad of = BGA? Thanks. =20 Best Regards, Darshan Mehta =20 =09 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list=20 For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ=20 List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org=20 List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list=20 or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu=20 =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu