Patent ID: 8138776

Claim:
An interposer module configured to be assembled to and carry signals between a control board with a first array of contacts and an integrated circuit with a second array of contacts where the first array of contacts correspond in position to the second array of contacts, the interposer module comprising: a signal board including: a first side with a third array of contacts configured to accept the second array of contacts; a second side with a fourth array of contacts corresponding in position to the third array of contacts; and a first set of discrete conductive paths connecting each contact on the third array of contacts to the corresponding contact of the fourth array of contacts; and a socket including: a body with a first side and a second side; a set of discrete conductive means each with a proximal end and a distal end where once assembled each conductive means proximal end meets a contact of the first array of contacts and each conductive means distal end meets a contact of the fourth array of contacts; and fasteners passing through only the signal board and socket configured to prevent motion of the signal board in relation to the socket body.