No socket company has yet been successful in designing a production socket for BGA devices where the devices are terminated in "standard" 63/37 BGA balls. Quote from http://www.arieselec.com/letter/letter.htm Louis T. Dallara Product Design Information (PDI) Group- Dept. 52R143000 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES - MICROELECTRONICS GROUP Optoelectronics Business Unit Office: 2I-146E, 9999 Hamilton Blvd., Breinigsville, PA 18031 Telephone: 610-391-2145 FAX: 610-391-2142 e-mail: [log in to unmask] This transmission contains information belonging to Lucent Technologies and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended for the individual or entity named above. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT DISCLOSING, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING THIS INFORMATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL IN ERROR, PLEASE CONTACT THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE. > ---------- > From: Jerry Margeson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum.;Jerry Margeson > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 11:56 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [DC] BGA Socket > > Both Aries "http://www.arieselec.com" > and Advanced Interconnections "http://www.advintcorp.com" > carry BGA sockets. > > At 07:56 AM 12/15/1998 -0700, you wrote: > >Hello: > > > >Am looking for a surface mount socket that will hold a 352 pin BGA 0.050 > in. > >(1.27mm) pitch. Prefer > >not to have to solder the BGA to anything. > > > >Thanks in advance: > > > >Larry L. Pucket > >[log in to unmask] > > > >################################################################ > >DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil <your full name> > >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil > >################################################################ > >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 > >################################################################ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > For 93 million miles, there is nothing between the sun and my shadow > except me. I'm always getting in the way of something... > > Jerry J. Margeson [log in to unmask] http://www.uvonics.com > > ################################################################ > DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil > ################################################################ > 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 > ################################################################ > ################################################################ DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ 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 ################################################################