Patent ID: 7559770
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: H01L,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly including a socket functionality for a microelectronic device, said microelectronic device having an array of bulbous terminals disposed in a preselected pattern on said device, said connector assembly including; a carrier sheet with a top surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of miniature electrically conductive straight-walled hollow metal cylinders, each with a top end and a bottom end, each said hollow cylinder protruding through a corresponding hole in said carrier sheet to expose said top end to a corresponding one of said bulbous terminals of said device; said top end and said bottom end of each of said hollow cylinder having at least two angular cuts through said wall forming thereby resilient prongs configured to engage and electrically contact said bulbous terminals; whereby insertion of each of said bulbous terminals into a corresponding one of said hollow cylinders causes said resilient prongs to flex outwardly away from the axis of said hollow cylinder thereby exerting a force directed inwardly on said bulbous terminals thus holding said bulbous terminals within said hollow cylinder; wherein said carrier sheet comprises an insulative layer and at least one conductive layer that is configured to operate as a ground shield; wherein said carrier sheet further comprises a conductive ground layer with an insulating layer between the conductive power layer and the conductive ground shield layer.