If you are interested in package design, to get yourself started, pick-up a copy of Cosmin Iorga's book. Physical package design involves many trade-offs between cost and performance. Performance has many mutual effects between power distribution and signaling. Steve. On 5/28/2011 1:21 PM, Mike Sims wrote: > Hello All, > I am new to this so trying to learn :) > > I am just wondering what are the design considerations when designing a BGA > layout? Obviously the location of signals and where they need to come out is > important but beyond that what about parasitics and stuff like that? > placements of gnd/pwr balls relative to signals? > > I have seen the BGA design in excel files in past. Is there a tool for > simulating the parasitics of the balls? How is impact of moving a ball to a > new location simulated? Is there an iterative way to figure out the best > possible location of a ball (with some restrictions like the ball must be > between A5 and C8, etc. or diff pairs must remain together, etc)? > > Thanks for your help. > > Mike Sims > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > -- Steve Weir IPBLOX, LLC 150 N. Center St. #211 Reno, NV 89501 www.ipblox.com (775) 299-4236 Business (866) 675-4630 Toll-free (707) 780-1951 Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu