Patent ID: 8133061

Claim:
An interposer comprising: a substrate comprising a first side opposite a second side; a first plurality of flexible pins protruding from the first side of the substrate, the first plurality of flexible pins for installing in a first plurality of pad connectors of a pinless socket; a second plurality of flexible pins protruding from the second side of the substrate, the second plurality of flexible pins for installing in a second plurality of pad connectors of a pinless integrated circuit component; and a first presence pin specified from among the first plurality of flexible pins and set to ground opposite a second pin from among the second plurality of flexible pins not specified for an electrical connection, wherein the first presence pin is specified to align with a particular pad connector from among the first plurality of pad connectors comprising an input port of the pinless socket; wherein the first plurality of flexible pins except the first presence pin are electrically connected to the second plurality of flexible pins through the substrate to provide a plurality of electrical contact points between the pinless socket and the pinless integrated circuit component.