The Northern Illinois IPC D.C. will present a meeting on Designing for BGA parts. This will be courtesy of Tom Ruberto @ 3COM Rolling Meadows facility February 24, 1999. Time: 5:00 P.M. Directions to the facility: The address of the facility is 3800 Golf Road. Rachel's mobile phone number is 773-719-8411, in case anyone needs to reach her that day (or gets lost). On 290 go north and exit at the Woodfield/to Golf Rd exit. At Golf turn right (east) for about 1/2 mile. The facility is on the left hand side(north side) of the road. The main entrance is on Golf. The conference room is called "Woodfield-A". People will need to know this when they check in at the reception area. Here is the URL for your map: http://www.expediamaps.com/default.asp?C=42.0509440345738,-88.0234482046446&A=16 &OX=0&OY=0&P=42.0509440345738,-88.0234482046446,1,3800+Golf+Rd If your e-mail program supports linked text, you should be able to simply click on the URL to view a navigable map. If that doesn't work, copy and paste the above URL into your Web browser. for further information contact : Tom Ruberto (847) 222-2078 [log in to unmask] or Karl @ (630) 713-9853 [log in to unmask] or Rachel Sheffer (773) 880-2327 [log in to unmask] BGA Seminar (Preliminary) * Industry Trends * BGA, The Examination Package types BGA impact Test Assembly * Design Considerations Connect methodology ("The Micro VIA") Routing considerations Fabrication materials Stack-up ("The Board Construction") * Q & A rap-up Tom Ruberto Background Info. Eighteen years experience in Electrical-Mechanical Product Design, Manufacturing Engineering, CAD/CAM Technology, and Project Leadership ################################################################ 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 ################################################################