From what I understand, via-in-pad is expensive and U should check with your vendor to see if they even have the ability to do it. I've always used the dogbone breakout (with much success @ this point) O---o ^ ^ ^ | | |__ BGA PAD | |____ Trace |______ Via/TP Michael Kuczynski 201-393-2122 (Phone) Allied Signal 201-393-6688 (Fax) 688 Rt46E E/K4 Teterboro NJ 07608 [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################