Patent ID: 8382487

Claim:
A land grid array interconnect comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the substrate having a plurality of vias extending therethrough, the substrate having first pads on the first surface electrically connected to corresponding vias, the substrate having second pads on the second surface electrically connected to corresponding vias and corresponding first pads; and a contact array coupled to the first surface of the substrate, the contact array having a metal plate that defines a carrier and a plurality of contacts formed from the metal plate and held by the carrier, the contacts having contact heels and beams extending from corresponding contact heels, the contacts being attached to the carrier at sacrificial segments, the sacrificial segments being formed by partially etching the metal plate, the metal plate along the sacrificial segments has a thickness less than a thickness of the contact heels, the contact heels being attached to corresponding first pads, the contacts being singulated from the carrier after the contact heels are soldered to the first pads by cutting the partially etched sacrificial segments, the carrier being removed from the substrate after the contacts are singulated leaving the individual contacts soldered to corresponding first pads.