Patent ID: 6544044
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G01R,H05K

Abstract:
An IC socket that accommodates a BGA package which has a plurality of solder balls positioned on an undersurface of the BGA package, the socket comprising:a housing having an accommodating part that accommodates the BGA package, pins which are positioned in a bottom portion of the accommodating part, the pins are configured to contact the solder balls on the undersurface of the accommodated BGA package, and package receiving members which protrude into the accommodating part from opposite sides of the accommodating part, the package receiving members have package receiving parts, which receive the portions of the BGA package located proximate opposite edges of the undersurface of the BGA package, the package receiving members pivot downward with the insertion of the BGA package into the accommodating part, a shaft is provided on each package receiving member, the shaft is supported by the housing so that the package receiving members are free to pivot, and resilient members cooperate with the package receiving members in the direction that lifts the BGA package received by the package receiving parts.