Patent ID: 7005586
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use with a component that includes one or more integrated circuits and a component package to which the one or more integrated circuits are coupled, the component package having a bottom comprising a plurality of conductors for providing signal connection of the component to a first circuit board, a top to which the one or more integrated circuits are coupled, and a plurality of sides, wherein at least one of the plurality of sides includes at least one power pad for providing a power supply voltage to the one or more integrated circuits and wherein at least one of the plurality of sides includes at least one ground pad for providing a ground to the one or more integrated circuits, the apparatus comprising: a second circuit board configured to be placed over a top of the component, the second circuit board including a bottom side that faces the component during use; two or more connectors coupled to the second circuit board, the connectors configured to make electrical contact with the power pad and ground pad on the plurality of sides of the component package when the second circuit board is in place over the top of the component, and wherein each of the two or more connectors comprises a conductive member having a first surface and one or more compressible conductors affixed to the first surface, wherein the compressible conductors, during use, make electrical contact with the power pad and ground pad on the plurality of sides of the component package, and wherein the conductive member further comprises a second surface that faces the bottom side of the second circuit board during use, and wherein the conductive member comprises one or more conductors extending from the second surface, the one or more conductors connected to the bottom side of the second circuit board.