Patent ID: 7472477

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a socket and attaching the socket to a printed circuit board, the method comprising: providing surface mounted contacts for a bottom surface of a socket, wherein the surface mounted contacts are a plurality of conductive metal pads that directly attach to surface connections on a printed circuit board; forming an elongated housing comprising at least two members that are coupled together and disposed to form an aperture in between the at least two members, wherein at least one dimension of the at least two members is selected to compensate for a difference between coefficients of thermal expansion between the socket and printed circuit board; forming two latches, wherein the two latches are located at opposite ends of the elongated housing, and wherein the two latches are used to mechanically retain a module in the aperture; forming a clip, wherein the clip is an elongated arch in shape, and wherein the clip is used to align the at least two members of the elongated housing and the surface mounted contacts with the printed circuit board during a solder reflow process to attach the socket to the printed circuit board; aligning the at least two members and the surface mounted contacts with the printed circuit board using the clip so that the clip connects to the at least two members and the printed circuit board; coupling the surface mounted contacts to the elongated housing, wherein the surface mounted contacts extend from the aperture; and responsive to completing the solder reflow process, removing the clip and inserting the module into the aperture to form a finished product.