Patent ID: 6976863

Claim:
A semiconductor device socket comprising: a socket body for supporting a proximal end of a contact terminal having a pair of movable contacts selectively brought into contact with a terminal of a semiconductor device and electrically connected thereto; a movable contact-moving member disposed in said socket body to be movable thereto and having a pressing portion for moving said pair of movable contacts close to and away from the terminal of said semiconductor device; a guide member disposed an accommodation portion of said movable contact-moving member, for guiding the semiconductor device to locate the terminal of the semiconductor device to said pair of movable contacts so that a predetermined gap is defined between an end surface of the semiconductor device and said guide member, and a displacement restricting section for limiting the maximum amount of travel of said guide member, wherein the predetermined gap is determined in accordance with the difference between the maximum amount of travel of said movable contact-moving member and the maximum displacement of the semiconductor device and said displacement restricting section limits the maximum amount of travel of said guide member within the maximum displacement of the semiconductor device.