Patent ID: 7736152
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An interposer for a land grid array (LGA) forming an electrical interconnect structure between electronic components, said interposer comprising at least one generally pure dialectic elastic contact button essentially constituted of siloxane, and an electrically conductive material selected from the group of materials consisting of nickel, titanium alloy, copper or gold and other metals, and the electrically conductive material being disposed on the exterior of said at least one contact button providing said electrical interconnect, wherein said metal comprises an intermittent pattern of electrically-conductive material deposited on the external surface of said at least one elastic contact button, wherein said intermittent pattern is precluded from a center hole extending through the contact button to provide an optical window facilitating optical signal transmission therethrough.