Patent ID: 6899549

Claim:
An electronic assembly, comprising: a carrier substrate; a socket body mounted to the carrier substrate, the socket body having an upper seating plane; a plurality of socket springs held by the socket body and electrically connected to the carrier substrate; a microelectronic component, including a microelectronic circuit, having a lower surface having a bowed contour; a plurality of electric lands on a lower side of the microelectronic component and electrically connected to the circuit, each land contacting a respective one of the springs, the microelectronic component having been moved relative to the socket body to deform the springs against spring forces created by the springs, until the surface is moved downward and is supported against the seating plane and the bowed contour of the lower surface of the microelectronic component is reflected on the seating plane; a retainer device holding the surface against the seating plane; a plurality of electrically conductive members between a lower surface of the socket body and an upper surface of the carrier substrate, the springs being electrically connected through the electrically conductive members to the carrier substrate so that an upper surface of the carrier substrate acquires the bowed contour reflected on the seating plane by the lower surface of the microelectronic die; and a plurality of stand-off members between a contour of the lower surface of the socket body and the bowed contour of the upper surface of the carrier substrate, wherein forces between the socket body and the carrier substrate are shared between the electrically conductive members and the stand-off members, so that the stand-off members prevent collapse of the electrically conductive members when the upper surface of the carrier substrate acquires the bowed contour.