Swapping the chip required learning a new skill: BGA soldering, a non-trivial technique to master. Initially, the soldering didn’t go as planned, requiring extra steps to resolve issues.

1) BGA sockets can't be re-soldered by hand. They're very fine and go underneath the chip in a way that's inaccessible. They're typically applied by oven and people who try to reflow the solder at ...

Claiming to be ideal for BGA rework and repair, these electrically-conductive, solder-free adhesives are supplied as a dry film on a Mylar carrier and are Z-axis conductive. The adhesives are ...

A BGA is a complex semiconductor package consisting of multiple elements, including: One or more silicon dies A silica-filled epoxy encapsulant A layered composite of copper and glass fiber-reinforced ...

This week it’s BGA solder balls and the dreaded tin whiskers… Dear Dr RoHS Can unleaded BGA solder balls potentially grow tin whiskers as tin plated leads do? Annealing seems to be the standard ...

In BGA chip packages, it is the tiny globe of solder that provides the contact between the chip package and the printed circuit board. Also called a "solder bump." See BGA. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

In the name of expediency, he didn’t have a proper breakout board made and instead decided to hand-solder the tiny BGA chip directly to some parts bin finds. The resulting perfboard capture ...