I used two of their LGA regulators for a military video card, no problems. Ken ___________________ Kenneth J. Wood Saturn PCB Design, Inc. www.saturnpcb.com -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Collins Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:32 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] LGAs in a military environment? Hello Technet! One of our designers is advocating using a LGA component in a military product. Anyone out there doing it? I'm wondering (worried) about the reliability since it has a very low standoff. And cleaning issues? An example of the parts I'm referring to: http://www.linear.com/designtools/packaging/lga/05081807_a_lga66.pdf A Linear Technologies p/n LTM4604 regards, Graham Collins Halifax Production Engineering (902) 873-2000 ext. 6215 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------