Is anybody measuring the diameter of these vias? If so, why? Isn't interconnect achieved regardless? Thank you, Eddie Rocha South Bay Circuits Deac, A .013" finished hole with a .024" pad is "STANDARD" fare for fabricators. We even get .013" FHS in .020" pads. We will make this without an additional charge but ask if we can switch to a .010" FHS to guarantee no breakout, otherwise, allow some breakout on holes (no more than a mil). We are starting to see more and more 0.018" pads on BGAs- so times-are-changing! Happy Holden Westwood Associates Deac Descoteaux <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 05/12/2005 12:27 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Deac Descoteaux <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject [TN] board fab All! We have a customer that has had a design that we did quoted for 1000 pieces by a fab vendor. We have a .013 finished hole with a .024 pad. We're saying that that is not a DFM problem. Any "GOOD "vendor should not choke on this. What say you? Thanks Deac KAW/USA Director, Business Development 39 Simon Street, Suite 4 Nashua, NH 03060 phone: (603) 886-8711 ext.202 fax: (603) 881-8763 Cell : (603) 557-7568 Web sites: www.kaw.com www.emistream.com --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------