Patent ID: 7994808

Claim:
A system for electrically connecting to a microcircuit having a center ground (CG) terminal for the purpose of testing the microcircuit, said system including a load board having a ground terminal thereon on a first side; a housing mounted on the load board first side for carrying test terminals arranged around a first surface area of the housing for receiving the microcircuit, and an aperture open from the housing first surface area to the load board ground terminal and for aligning with the CG terminal of a microcircuit on the housing first surface, said aperture having a Z axis perpendicular to the load board first side, said housing having a conductive ground connector insert within the aperture and having a CG terminal end for contacting the microcircuit CG terminal and a load board contact end for contacting the load board ground terminal, wherein the insert includes a side and a first resilient projection on that side extending substantially perpendicular to the Z axis, and wherein the housing includes a wall defining at least a part of the aperture, said wall having a wall feature for cooperating with the first projection to provide for at least one of a) retaining the insert within a predetermined Z axis position within the aperture, and b) mechanically biasing the insert against the load board ground terminal.