One reason for a tear drop or filleted land for BGAs is to help transition
the stress on the trace as it enters the pad allowing a wider entry point
for land defined BGA pads. The technique is commonly used to protect trace
to land interconnects in flex circuits.


>Patel wrote:
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>> What is "Teardropping"? Please explain it with the pro's and con's.
>>
>> re,
>> ken patel
>>
>> At 11:12 AM 6/26/98 -0400, Kuczynski Michael wrote:
>> >Is anybody out there using "teardropping" on their BGA's footprints ?
>> >
>> >Any pro's/con's to doing this would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks In Advance,
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