Posted May 13, 2009, by Charles Pfeil
Book helps you resolve BGA-layout issues
by David Marsh – EDN, 10/2/2008
As a circuit designer who also often lays out quite complex boards, I found the temptation to purchase Charles Pfeil’s new book-BGA Breakouts & Routing: Effective Design Methods for Very Large BGAs-irresistible, and I wasn’t disappointed. The approximately 160 pages and more than 100 figures within this quality paperback … Read More
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Route,
Expedition_PCB,
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HDI,
Breakout,
Design_Methods,
BGA_Routing,
Board_Fabrication
Posted May 11, 2009, by Charles Pfeil
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
If you thought the presentation on HDI in Expedition PCB was good, this one is even better!
Effective BGA Fanout Patterns
Selecting the above link will take you to a presentation that condenses the most important aspects of my book “BGA Breakouts and Routing” into 1/2 hour. Normally this presentation takes about 2 hours live; however, I have attempted to provide you with … Read More
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Route,
Expedition_PCB,
BGA,
HDI,
Breakout,
Design_Methods,
BGA_Routing,
Board_Fabrication
Posted May 6, 2009, by Charles Pfeil
Since I have been spending a lot of time researching how to effectively breakout and route large BGAs, my initial posts will be related to designing with BGAs; however, in addition to that topic, I am interested in interactive and automatic routing.
BGAs that are difficult to route are either very large (over 1500 pins) or with a very small pitch (less than .8mm). In both cases the most common reason … Read More
Tags:
BGA,
HDI,
Route,
BGA_Routing,
Breakout
