Patent ID: 8179693

Claim:
A frame structure for a land grid array connector for electrically connecting two substrates, comprising: a land grid array insulator body having a frame portion and one or more interposer portions, the land grid array insulator body having a first surface and a second surface, the frame portion of the land grid array insulator body including one or more layers of electrically conductive material sandwiched between layers of electrically non-conductive material; a plurality of contacts extending at least partially through each interposer portion of the land grid array insulator body from proximate the first surface of the land grid array insulator body to proximate the second surface of the land grid array insulator body for electrically connecting a plurality of contacts of a first substrate to a plurality of contacts of a second substrate; one or more contacts proximate the first surface of the frame portion of the land grid array insulator body being configured to make electrical contact with at least one of a power cable and/or one or more contacts of the first substrate, the one or more contacts proximate the first surface of the frame portion of the land grid array insulator body being in electrical contact with at least one of the one or more layers of electrically conductive material, and further comprising: one or more contacts proximate the second surface of the frame portion of the land grid array insulator body being configured to make electrical contact with one or more contacts of the second substrate, the one or more contacts proximate the second surface of the frame portion of the land grid array insulator body being in electrical contact with at least one of the one or more layers of electrically conductive material.