Patent ID: 7291021
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit socket, comprising: an insulative housing having an integrated circuit package receiving recess provided with a plurality of contact receiving openings arranged in a matrix; contacts arranged in the contact receiving openings, each of the contacts having a base and a contact arm, the base being fixed to the contact receiving opening, the contact arm extending away from the base and having an arm and a contact portion extending upward from the arm, the contact portion including a curved portion with a contact point at an uppermost end, the arm and the contact portion overlapping with the contact arm of an adjacent one of the contacts when the contact arm is flexed; first partition walls separating the contact receiving openings in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the contact arms extend, the uppermost ends being arranged below tops of the first partition walls; and a land grid array integrated circuit package provided with electrodes extending from a bottom surface of the integrated circuit package, the electrodes engaging the contact portions when the land grid array integrated circuit package is received in the integrated circuit package receiving recess.