Patent ID: 6888235

Claim:
A socket for an integrated circuit, comprising: a socket housing for holding the integrated circuit in place on a circuit board, the socket housing having an electrically insulative body portion with a receptacle disposed therein for receiving said integrated circuit therein, said socket housing further including a plurality of wall members that cooperatively define said receptacle in said socket housing; a power reservoir integrated with said socket housing for supplying electrical power to said integrated circuit when said integrated circuit is in place within said receptacle, the power reservoir including a plurality of discrete capacitors supported in said socket housing walls; and, a plurality of first conductive terminals supported by said socket housing for contacting said integrated circuit and conveying power from said power reservoir to said integrated circuit thereto, the terminals having contact portions arranged at first ends thereof for contacting conductive traces on said integrated circuit and said terminals further having tail portions arranged at second ends thereof, the terminal contact portions extending into said receptacle and the terminal tail portions extending out from said socket housing, the discrete capacitors electrically contacting said first terminals such that said first terminals supply power to said integrated circuit.