Patent ID: 6936917

Claim:
A power connector for supplying power to an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit having a body with opposing top and bottom surfaces that are interconnected by at least one side surface, the side surface of said integrated circuit having conductive traces disposed thereon, the power connector comprising: an electrically insulative body portion with an integrated circuit-receiving recess disposed thereon for receiving said integrated circuit therein, the recess being at least partially defined by a sidewall member depending down from said connector body portion, said recess being dimensioned so as to receive at least a portion of said integrated circuit therein when said power connector is placed over said integrated circuit, a power reservoir integrated with said connector body portion for selectively discharging power to said integrated circuit power traces, the power reservoir including at least first, second and third capacitor plates supported by said connector body portion, the second and third capacitor plates being spaced apart from said first capacitor plate, said terminal being arranged in distinct sets of first, second and third terminals that respectively depend from edges of said first, second and third capacitor plates; and, said terminals contacting said integrated circuit conductive traces when said power connector is placed over said integrated circuit.