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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Gareth Geoffrey Hougham, Ossining, NY (US);
William Louis Brodsky, Binghamton, NY (US);
Thomas M. Cipolla, Katonah, NY (US);
Paul William Coteus, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ronald Malfatt, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Gareth Geoffrey Hougham, Ossining, NY (US);
William Louis Brodsky, Binghamton, NY (US);
Thomas M. Cipolla, Katonah, NY (US);
Paul William Coteus, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ronald Malfatt, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A PGA socket including a plurality of sub-socket components, which when used in combination forms a larger effective socket, includes multiple apertures configured to receive corresponding pins of an IC. The PGA socket further includes multiple contact members, each of the contact members corresponding to a respective one of the apertures. The contact members are configured to movably engage corresponding pins of the IC upon respective movement of the apertures so as to provide electrical and mechanical contact thereto. Each of the sub-socket components is configured to mechanically engage at least one of the other sub-socket components such that the contact members in each of the sub-socket components are capable of electrically connecting to corresponding pins of the IC substantially simultaneously.