FROM: James D. Herard ************************************************************** Subject: Re: Capping vias for BGA's On a board that gets bga components and sees wave solder, it is probably advisable to plug the vias from the wave side of the board (usually opposite of the bga component side) to prevent solder from the wave process wicking up the vias and causing shorts under the bga component. Jim Herard IBM Microelectronics James Herard x77026 KBLE/014-3 Quality Engineer *************************************************************** ********* Get it While you Can ********************* *************************************************************** *** Forwarding note from SMTP3 --IINUS1 11/06/96 13:23 ***