Patent ID: 7601009

Claim:
A socket useful to contact an electronic device, the socket comprising: a structure comprised of one or more metallic contactor holder plates, the structure including one or more first through holes having a first hole cross sectional area, and one or more second through holes having a second hole cross sectional area, which one or more first through holes and one or more second through holes extend through each of the one or more metallic contactor holder plates of the structure; one or more first contactors having a body with a first body cross sectional area, which body is disposed in the first through holes; one or more second contactors having a body with a second body cross sectional area, which body is disposed in the second through holes; and a heat sink in thermal contact with one or more of the one or more contactor holder plates; wherein: the first hole cross sectional area is an average first hole cross sectional area over a length of the one or more first through holes; the second hole cross sectional area is an average second hole cross sectional area over a length of the one or more second through holes; the first body cross sectional area is one of an average or a maximum first body cross sectional area over a length of the body of the one or more first contactors; the second body cross sectional area is one of an average or a maximum second body cross sectional area over a length of the body of the one or more second contactors; and a first ratio of the first hole cross sectional area to the first body cross sectional area is different from a second ratio of the second hole cross sectional area to the second body cross sectional area.