Patent ID: 8398410

Claim:
An electrical connection assembly, comprising: an electronic package has a plurality of signal pads at a bottom surface thereof and a plurality power pads at a pair of opposite outer surfaces thereof; and a socket connector comprising a housing with a plurality of carbon nanotube contacts engaged with the signal pads of the electronic package for signal transmission and metallic contacts engaged with the power pads of the electronic package for power transmission; wherein the housing comprises a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, the base and the sidewalls defining a receiving cavity receiving the electronic package; wherein when the electronic package is vertically downwardly assembled into the housing, the signal pads of the electronic package and the corresponding carbon nanotube abut against each other in a vertical direction without retention therebetween while said sidewalls commonly define a closed boundary to circumferentially surround and retain said electronic package in position; wherein there are first and second pairs of said sidewalls, the first pair of sidewalls opposite to each other, are equipped with the metal contacts thereon not only for electrical transmission but also mechanical retention with regard to the electronic package while the second pair of sidewalls opposite to each other, are equipped with no metal contacts for electrical transmission but only with alignment protrusions for mechanical retention with regard to the electronic package; wherein said second pair of sidewalls define therein a pair of notches, respectively, for grasping another pair of opposite outer surfaces of the electronic package during vertically assembling or disassembling the electronic package with regard to the housing.