Ironwood Electronics announced its new Clamshell BGA socket with Bluetooth temperature monitoring. The socket can be used in extreme temperatures and offers advanced electrical performance.
“A thermo couple sensor is brought down from the electronic circuitry to the internal socket cavity where the BGA is placed. When the BGA is placed and compressed against the PCB via contact element, the thermo couple touches top BGA surface. Power supply is applied to the BGA to start its function. As the BGA start functioning, heat is generated. This heat is sensed by the thermo couple and fed to the electronic circuitry where it is processed and the temperature is displayed via Bluetooth mobile app,” Ironwood Electronics explained.
The product offers a life of 500,000 insertions, a low insertion loss of <1 dB at 21.9 GHz, inductance of 0.98 nH, an operating temperature range of -55 to +180 degrees Celsius, a floating guide for precise alignment, integrated Bluetooth and more.
