Patent ID: 6923656

Claim:
A socket for forming electrical connections between a first surface having a first contact array and a second surface having a second contact array, the socket comprising: a plate having a thickness, the plate including surfaces defining a plurality of passages extending through the thickness of the plate; and a plurality of compliant contacts, each contact inserted into one of the passages, each contact including a first contact surface for electrically engaging the first contact array and a second contact surface for electrically engaging the second contact array, wherein at least one of the contacts is a low current contact, and at least an other one of the contacts is a high current contact capable of passing more current than the low current contact, wherein the first contact surface consists of a first unitary surface area and the second contact surface consists of a second unitary surface area, and wherein the first and second contact surface areas of the high current contact are larger than the first and second contact surface areas, respectively, of the low current contact.