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Questions about connecting unconnected BGA ball
694 1 Nov 04.2019, 17:56:07

Colleague of mine has a bit of an issue (we've all been there, haven't we...) where a line was connected to a GPIO and should have been connected to a dedicated line...
6-layer board
0.8mm BGA 
4 layers GNd and 1 layer 3V3 to get to the ball
So, is any company at all on this planet that could get to this ball and connect it? Money is, within reason, not an issue.
Actually, never mind the 'within reason' part...
Thoughts?

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A****min

Nov 06.2019, 09:21:59

Seems that if you drilled a hole from the underside of the board, you could remove the BGA pad.  Careful cleaning of the hole wall should eliminate any shorts.  Then, a thin pin with a teflon sleeve could be poked into the hole and soldered to the device ball.
Yes, this is all microsurgery, but if it is just one unit to test that the device and rest of the board works, it ought to be doable.
Of course, there is the possibility there are inner-layer traces right at that spot that you'd end up drilling through, so that could wreck the whole idea.

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