Patent ID: 7025601

Claim:
An interposer for providing electrical connectivity between two devices, the interposer comprising: a sheet of metallic material having a plurality of contact supports, each contact support including at least one spring member; a first sheet of insulative material disposed on a top surface of the sheet of metallic material and a second sheet of insulative material disposed on a bottom surface of the sheet of metallic material; the first sheet of insulative material having flaps at least partially corresponding to spring members of the metallic sheet; a conductive material provided on the first sheet of insulative material at a location approximately corresponding to a contact support region of the spring member to form a first contact area; and a trace of conductive material provided on the first sheet of insulative material extending from the contact area to a conductive via extending from an outwardly directed surface of the first sheet of insulative material to an outwardly directed surface of the second sheet.