Patent ID: 6765288
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
An adaptor for use with a first microelectronic package having a bottom surface, a top surface and an array of connection elements projecting downwardly beyond the bottom surface of said package, the adaptor comprising:a substrate having a first socket region with an inner surface and an outer surface, an array of socket openings extending through the substrate in said socket region, said socket openings being disposed in an array corresponding to the arrangement of connection elements on the microelectronic element, the adaptor further comprising a set of socket contacts aligned with at least some of said socket openings, said socket contacts and socket openings being arranged so that the package can be engaged with the adaptor with the bottom surface of the package confronting the inner surface of the substrate in said socket region and with the connection elements of the package engaged with the socket contacts and projecting through said socket openings beyond the outer surface of the substrate, the adaptor further including one or more functional elements electrically connected to at least some of said socket contacts.