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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A ball grid array socket connector ( ) includes an insulative base ( ), a number of conductive contacts ( ) fixed to the base, a number of solder balls ( ) attached to tail portions ( ) of corresponding contacts and a cover ( ) movably attached to the base. The base has a top surface ( ), a bottom surface ( ) and defines a number of cavities ( ) through the top surface and the bottom surface. The cavities are arranged in a matrix. The contacts are received in corresponding cavities of the base. The base provides a number of stand-offs ( ) which downwardly protrude from the bottom surface of the base and terminate at a plane (D) generally parallel with the bottom surface of the base. The solder balls each have a bottom tip ( ) that downwardly extends beyond the plane D. The base defines a number of notches ( ) in the bottom surface thereof. The notches are located at outer sides of the matrix of cavities.