I had a GaN based power converter board with broken transistors. This is a six layer board with lots of power planes. Desoldering the GaN chips is very hard so I decided to try milling the thing off.

https://makertube.net/w/t9J3LxTsCietb1fEJBvi5w

It worked perfectly. I milled almost down to the pads leaving a bit of the package. After the milling step a small cleanup is necessary.

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Removing a SMD GaN transistor with a CNC mill

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