Patent ID: 6971886

Claim:
An adapter for combining a land grid array (LGA) packaged integrated circuit (IC) with a pin grid array (PGA) socket, the adapter comprising: an adapter body having a plurality of through holes formed thereon and a plurality of uniformly distributed bumps on an upper face thereof for supporting the LGA packaged IC thereon; and a plurality of pins respectively fit within the through holes of the adapter body, and the pins each having a cylindrical insertion column and a cantilevered elastic arm integrally extended from a top portion of the insertion column; wherein the adapter body has at least one edge guiding section on a corner thereof; wherein the adapter body has a locking section on a lateral face thereof to latch the LGA packaged IC onto the package body, where the locking section is only applied at the edges of said adapter body; and wherein the cantilevered elastic arm of each pin elastically abuts against an electric contact land of the LGA packaged IC, and a bottom portion of the cylindrical insertion column of each pin connects to the PGA socket.