Patent ID: 6948946

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) socket adapted for electrically connecting an IC module to a printed circuit board (PCB), the IC socket comprising: an insulating housing including a bottom wall, a plurality of slanting passageways penetrating inclined through the bottom wall, and a limit portion downwardly extending from a circumstance of the bottom wall; a plurality of contacts received correspondingly in the slanting passageways respectively, each of the contacts being resilient and in an U shape, and having fist and second abutting portions exposing out of opposing sides of the bottom wall of the insulating housing respectively; and at least two orientation posts disposed downwardly from the limit portion, and the PCB having at least two orientation holes corresponding to the two orientation posts to receive the two orientation posts respectively; wherein the IC module accommodates with the insulating housing, the PCB and the IC modules include a plurality of conductive patterns and pads disposed thereon respectively, so as to correspond to the contacts relatively, the first abutting portion consequently retains against each of the conductive patterns and the second abutting portion retains against each of the pads; whereby the contacts are capable of deforming and supporting the IC module in a compression manner, each of the contacts has first and second resilient arms disposed against two opposing inner surfaces of a corresponding slanting passageway, and the IC module electrically connecting the PCB via the contacts thereby.