Patent ID: 7113408
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H01L,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit traces formed thereon and an integrally formed electrical connector for removably connecting to pads of a land array formed on an electronic component, the printed circuit board comprising: a dielectric layer including opposing first and second surfaces; a plurality of contact elements pre-formed as an array of contact elements in a sheet of conductive spring material, the contact elements including integrally and continuously connected base portions and generally opposed elastic portions integrally formed with and extending outwardly from each of the base portions so that the elastic portions are displaced generally outwardly from the sheet, the sheet being bonded to the first surface such that the elastic portions extend above the first surface of the dielectric layer, at least some of the base portions of the contact elements being singulated from the base portions of adjacent contact elements on the first surface and being directly electrically connected to the circuit traces on the first surface; a plurality of electronic elements surface mounted on the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the circuit traces, the array of contact elements further including at least one coaxial contact element, the coaxial contact element comprising: