Sam, Yes we have back drilled in GHz boards. It works pretty well. Cadence has a built in feature to define back drills and their depths. If you are using Mentors (PADs) you might have to manually locate the vias (or use a separate drill size than the others). The antipad and layer stackup plays the main role. I can send you an example setup if you are interested to take a look. -Qazi -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cygnul@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:46 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Backdrill under BGA SI Gurus, Has anybody done back drilling on BGA vias for multi gig traces? is that achievable? If so, what was the via structure? -Sam ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net 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