Patent ID: 8189342

Claim:
A memory module/socket assembly comprising: a memory module including a memory package, and a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having a surface on which at least one memory package is mounted, the printed circuit board including, a body, the at least one memory package mounted on a main surface of the body, and a plurality of contact taps buried in the body, a surface of each of the plurality of contact taps being exposed, the plurality of contact taps arranged on at least two side surfaces of the body, the side surfaces being perpendicular to the main surface; and a socket including a housing providing a space in which the memory module is mounted; a plurality of contact pins each arranged to face a corresponding one of the plurality of contact taps when the memory module is mounted in the housing, a pin supporting member supporting at least one of the plurality of contact pins such that the at least one of the plurality of contact pins faces at least one side surface of the memory module, and a pin moving member for moving the pin supporting member after the memory module is mounted in the housing so that the at least one of the plurality of contact pins contacts the corresponding one of the plurality of contact taps.