Electronics Forum | Mon Oct 13 19:04:47 EDT 2003 | davef
Aperture size should vary with the component [pitch]. That size should be the same a the pad size. So, generally pinching is not required. Indium discusses BGA apertures on their site [ http://www.indium.com ]
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 02 21:02:55 EDT 1999 | Paul Wareham
We've noticed that there are many different recommendations for pad sizes for various SMT parts. This seems to vary wildly from manufacturer to manufacturer for the same case sizes. Is there any standards that can used used to specify these sizes?
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 27 08:25:24 EDT 2008 | davef
We'd expect to see: * Solder starved connections at pads with large trace/pad areas. * Less reliable solder connections at pads that do not match the shape and size of the corresponding pads on the component.
Electronics Forum | Mon Aug 25 10:36:05 EDT 2008 | davef
Yes, it's peculiar that the layout of this board is so disorganized * Pads are not round, uniform, or the same size * Exposed traces have different thickness
Electronics Forum | Fri Aug 22 00:20:29 EDT 2008 | rameshr
Hai, In our process we are using the micro bga of size 13X13mm of pitch 0.45mm,after soldering process the bga found collapsed, we absorbed that the PCB land pattern of the BGA was not in array, uneven distribution of pads (area) & most of the pads
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 05 10:13:48 EDT 1999 | Frank Fossett
I am a new employee at a company that has had a large turnover of employees over the past year. I am working on a board (components on one side only), the engineer wants to use an .035 pad with a .012 dia. hole, there are no via's under the zero clea
Electronics Forum | Wed Jul 01 04:54:28 EDT 2015 | jvercamm
hi, the last post on pad cratering dates from 2012. We have (likely similar) problems with a RoHS 783 solder ball BGA size 29x29mm^2 (organic package BT), pitch is 1mm and solder ball diam is 0.5mm the field failure is after 12 months, almost exclu
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 14 15:18:13 EDT 2005 | jdumont
How do I send pics....sorry for the ignorance.
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 14 20:03:06 EDT 2005 | davef
click on the email link, next to the Lou Reed icon, then paste the pix in the form