Patent ID: 7697296

Claim:
An integrated circuit module assembly, comprising: a substrate including a land grid array and a plurality of substrate holes about the perimeter of the land grid array; a backing plate positioned under the substrate directly below the land grid array; a socket frame positioned over the substrate and circumscribing the land grid array, wherein the frame defines a well, and wherein the socket frame includes a plurality of frame holes; an adapter module including a plurality of adapter holes that is secured to the frame and extends outside the perimeter of the frame; a plurality of fasteners extending through the plurality of adapter holes, through the plurality of frame holes and through the plurality of substrate holes to secure the adapter module, the frame and the backing plate to the substrate; an integrated circuit module selectively secured within the well for electronic communication with the land grid array; and a heat dissipation device fastened to the adapter module outside the perimeter of the frame and extending inside the perimeter of the frame for direct thermal communication with the integrated circuit module.