Multimedia Gallery
Ball grid array electronic component
A Ball Grid Array (BGA) electronic component, printed via electrostatic deflection of molten metal droplets approximately 150 microns in diameter. Droplets were generated with capillary stream breakup. The array was printed in .14 seconds with an accuracy of (+/-) 12.5 microns.
This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (DMII 94-57205 and DMII 96-22400). (Year of image: 1996)
Credit: Melissa Orme, E.P. Muntz, G. Pham-Van Diep and R. Godin
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.
Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
Also Available:
Download the high-resolution TIFF version of the image. (516 KB)
Use your mouse to right-click (Mac users may need to Ctrl-click) the link above and choose the option that will save the file or target to your computer.