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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark B. Trobough, Olympia, WA (US);
Michael J. Baker, DuPont, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
A socket includes a mechanism to gain electrical access to integrated circuit package pins in an end-user system. A pin grid array (PGA) socket includes signal traces that lead to a connector accessible by test equipment. In one embodiment, the PGA socket is a zero insertion force (ZIF) socket, and in other embodiments, the PGA socket is a low insertion force (LIF) socket. In other embodiments, multiple PGA sockets are interconnected.