Patent ID: 6853559

Claim:
A power delivery and thermal management assembly for supplying power to an integrated circuit and dissipating heat away from the integrated circuit during operation thereof, the integrated circuit having conductive traces disposed thereon, the assembly comprising, in combination: an electrically insulative power connector having a body portion with an integrated circuit-receiving recess disposed thereon for receiving said integrated circuit therein, said recess being dimensioned so as to receive at least a portion of said integrated circuit therein when said power connector is mated to said integrated circuit, a power reservoir integrated with said power connector body portion for selectively discharging power to power circuits of said integrated circuit by way of said integrated circuit conductive traces, the power supply reservoir including at least a pair of spaced-apart capacitor plates supported by said connector body portion, a plurality of conductive terminals extending from said power reservoir in opposition to said integrated circuit conductive traces, the terminals contacting said integrated circuit conductive traces when said power connector is mated to said integrated circuit, said power connector body portion further including an opening extending therethrough, said capacitor plates including respective openings that are aligned with said power connector body portion opening; and, a heat-dissipating member for contacting said integrated circuit, the heat dissipating having a base portion that is received in said power connector body portion opening and said capacitor plate openings.