Patent ID: 7066740

Claim:
An assembly of an integrated circuit package and a substrate comprising; a plurality of input/output (I/O) pads located in an area-array configuration on a surface of the integrated circuit package; a plurality of contact pads on a surface of said substrate; a plurality of electrically conductive connectors, each comprising a first contact surface, a second contact surface, and a flexible portion interconnecting said first and second contact surfaces; each said flexible portion is comprised of at least two parallel and flexible conductors flexed in the same direction, wherein said conductors are electrically insulated from each other for a portion of their lengths; the first contact surface of each of said connectors is joined to an I/O pad of the package; and the second contact surface of each of said connectors contacts a contact pad on said substrate; whereby each I/O pad on the surface of the integrated circuit package is electrically connected to a contact pad on the substrate by a connector.