Patent ID: 9578775
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H05K

Claim:
1. A land grid array (LGA) socket apparatus for preventing LGA socket terminal damage, comprising: an LGA socket, with two guide rails provided respectively on inner sides of two opposite side walls of the LGA socket, a height of a top surface of each guide rail from a bottom of the LGA socket being greater than a height of LGA socket terminals from a bottom of the LGA socket, and a length of each guide rail being smaller than a length of an inner side of the side wall, wherein the guide rails are configured to support at least two protrusions provided respectively at corners at opposite sides of an integrated circuit chip assembly when the integrated circuit chip assembly is slid into the LGA socket from a side, and wherein the guide rails are configured to, when the integrated circuit chip assembly is slid to an end of the guide rail, enable the at least two protrusions to fall into gaps between an end of the guide rails and an end wall of the respective LGA socket, so that the integrated circuit chip assembly is installed in the LGA socket.