Patent ID: 8033835

Claim:
An interconnect assembly for interconnecting first and second electrical components, the interconnect assembly comprising: a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces; a first array of contacts on the first surface for engaging corresponding elements on the first electrical component, the first array of contacts having bases mounted to the first surface and beams extending from the bases, the first array of contacts defines a compressible interface that mates with the first electrical component, the first array of contacts comprising signal contacts transferring data signals across the compressible interface and the first array of contacts comprising a combination of power contacts grouped together in a separate area of the substrate from the signal contacts that jointly convey power across the compressible interface, the bases of the power contacts and the bases of the signal contacts being coplanar along the first surface of the substrate; and a second array of contacts on the second surface for engaging corresponding elements on the second electrical component, the second array of contacts having signal contacts electrically connected to the signal contact of the first array of contacts and power contacts electrically connected to the power contacts of the first array of contacts.