Circuit Board Assembly Services
Test Fixture Boards utilize surface mount technology.
Press Release Summary:
Custom Test Fixture Boards electrically interface test equipment to ball grid array packages. Multilayer FR-4 assemblies incorporate cable-to-board connectors and True BGA Socket(TM), which eliminates need to solder BGA to adapter. Electrical continuity is assured by spring-loaded beryllium copper contacts loaded in pogo pin terminals, the heads of which are compressed against balls of BGA package to create gas-tight seal.
Original Press Release:
Custom Test Fixture Boards Available from Advanced Interconnections Corp.
West Warwick, RI, October 29, 2003 - Advanced Interconnections Corp. offers custom engineered, microchip socketed test fixture boards that electrically interface test equipment to ball grid array (BGA) packages, and eliminate the time-consuming need to solder the packages to adapters.
Produced for either OEM or end-user applications, Advanced Interconnections' custom test fixture boards are multilayer FR-4 assemblies incorporating cable-to-board connectors (which provide the interface to the test system) and AIC's patented True BGA Socket(TM) (into which the chip packages are inserted during testing). The test fixture boards are typically designed with surface mount technologies using vias to make required trace-to-trace connections between the various board layers; the cable-to-board connectors are surface mounted.
The True BGA Socket(TM) eliminates the need to solder the BGA to the adapter. Only the socket itself is soldered to the board. The BGA package-under-test is simply placed on top of the socket, covered with a support plate, and secured by first sliding a clamp in place over the BGA and then tightening a coin screw or heat sink. Optimal electrical continuity is assured by the use of spring-loaded beryllium copper contacts loaded in pogo pin terminals, the heads of which are compressed against the balls of the BGA package, to create a gas-tight seal.
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Advanced Interconnections Corporation is an ISO 9001 Certified designer and manufacturer of electronic interconnect solutions, with world headquarters located in West Warwick, RI, USA. For more information, contact Advanced Interconnections' customer service department at: 5 Energy Way, West Warwick, RI USA. Tel: 800-424-9850 or 401-823-5200 / Fax: 401-823-8723 / E-mail: info@advintcorp.com. Product information available online at: www.advintcorp.com.
