How can we identify the BGA area of PCB?

Hear about BGA PCB Assembly service, but I never order it. How can we identify the BGA area of PCB? Just very curious.

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October 20, 2023

BGA stands for Ball Grid Array. It is a style of component footprint. These footprints appear as a rectangular array of small circles – one where each “ball” of the component is attached.

There will generally be a rectangular outline around the array that corresponds to the edges of the component’s package, and probably also some silkscreen (written) information identifying the component.

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