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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Donald V. Perino, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wayne S. Richardson, Cupertino, CA (US);
John B. Dillon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Donald V. Perino, Los Altos, CA (US);
Wayne S. Richardson, Cupertino, CA (US);
John B. Dillon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rambus Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The socket releasably couples a packaged integrated circuit to a circuit board. The socket includes a clamp, a latch, and an array interconnect. The clamp is configured to be pivotally coupled to a circuit board. The latch is configured to be coupled to the circuit board and configured to releasably hold the clamp in a predetermined position. The array interconnect configured to be coupled to the printed circuit board. In use the latch releasably holds the hinged clamp in the predetermined position to clamp both a packaged integrated circuit between the clamp and the array interconnect, and the array interconnect between the packaged integrated circuit and the circuit board.