Patent ID: 7278859

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an integrated circuit package comprising a plurality of conductive pads and having a face; and a socket coupled to the integrated circuit package and to the conductive pads, the socket having a footprint, wherein the footprint is smaller than the face and the integrated circuit package comprises an integrated circuit package substrate, wherein the integrated circuit package substrate comprises a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, wherein the socket comprises a first wall in contact with the first side, a second wall in contact with the second side, a third wall in contact with the third side, and a fourth wall defining an opening, wherein the opening is disposed between the first side of the integrated circuit package substrate and the fourth side of the integrated circuit package substrate, and wherein the socket further comprises a flexible member coupled to the fourth wall of the socket, the flexible member to bias the integrated circuit package substrate towards the first wall of the socket.