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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Kevin L. Seaman, Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Vernon M. Wnek, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Kevin L. Seaman, Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Vernon M. Wnek, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus for optimizing routing layers and board space requirements for a ball grid array land pattern is described. The land pattern includes a plurality of conductive pads arranged in an array of rows and columns. The array of pads has at least one edge of a perimeter of the array not fully populated with conductive pads, whereby spaces are created in the at least one edge by the missing conductive pads. The spaces create additional routing channels for signals from conductive pads within the array to be routed externally to the array through the at least one edge.