Patent ID: 6493932
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of using a socket to electrically interconnect a microelectronic assembly having electrically conductive joining units and a substrate having electrically conductive contacts comprising:providing a socket including a plurality of apertures having deflectable, resilient lip regions made of a dielectric material; positioning said socket over said substrate so that said plurality of apertures are in substantial alignment with at least some of the electrically conductive contacts of said substrate; juxtaposing said microelectronic assembly with said substrate so that said socket is between said microelectronic assembly and said substrate and so that the electrically conductive joining units of said microelectronic assembly confront the contacts of said substrate; inserting the electrically conductive joining units of said microelectronic assembly into the apertures of said socket so that said conductive joining units deflect the deflectable lip regions of said socket for allowing the plurality of joining units to pass through each said aperture, wherein said conductive joining units of said microelectronic assembly are held in electrical contact with the contacts of said substrate by the resilience of said deflectable lip regions contacting said conductive joining units.