Patent ID: 6869290

Claim:
A electrical connector for electrically connecting to pads of a land grid array formed on an electronic component, the connector comprising: a dielectric layer including opposing first and second surfaces; a plurality of contact elements pre-formed in an m×n array in a sheet of conductive spring of material, where m and n are both greater than 1, the contact elements including integrally and continuously connected base portions and generally opposed elastic portions integrally formed with and extending outwardly from each of the base portions so that the elastic portions are displaced generally outwardly from the sheet, the sheet being bonded to the first surface such that the elastic portions extend above the first surface of the dielectric layer, at least some of the base portions of the contact elements being singulated from the base portions of adjacent contact elements on the first surface; and an electrical circuit formed on or within the dielectric layer, the electrical circuit being electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of contact elements.