BGA tube

摘要

A BGA carrier for storing and shipping of BGA packages in a side-by-side arrangement adapted for dispensing of the same in a one-by-one fashion under gravity includes a flat elongated tubular body member (22), a lower end plug member (24), and an upper end plug member (26). The tubular body member has a first end and a second end. The tubular body member has a bore of a rectangular cross-section extending therethrough between the first end and the second end. The tubular body member includes a flat top wall portion (29), a flat bottom wall portion (30), and a pair of vertically extending side walls (32, 34) all formed integrally together. Opposed overhanging slot means (36) are formed in the pair of vertically extending side walls for supporting only two side edges of a plurality of BGA packages (12) so that top and bottom surfaces thereof are suspended freely between the top and bottom wall portions of the tubular body member. As a result, shock and potential physical damage to the BGA packages have been reduced during commercial handling and shipment.