Patent ID: 7202685

Claim:
An embedded probe-enabling socket for implementing Top Side of the Module (TSM) signal probing comprising: an integral probe structure including a substrate including a plurality of probe pads; said plurality of probe pads disposed on a topside of said substrate; a TSM socket frame including a plurality of probe pins electrically connecting to respective probe pads on said substrate topside and with a respective signal to be monitored; a heat sink member, a plurality of insulated sleeves carried by said heat sink member, and a plurality of test probes respectively received within said plurality of insulated sleeves; said plurality of test probes being electrically connected to predefined respective ones of said probe pads on said substrate topside; said plurality of insulated sleeves carried by said heat sink member extending through a sidewall of said heat sink member at an angle for said test probes to contact said predefined respective ones of said probe pads on said substrate topside, said predefined respective ones of said probe pads on said substrate topside being located proximate to an outside perimeter of said substrate topside.