Patent ID: 8199519

Claim:
A chip adapter used to install a chip on a first chip arranging area of a circuit board, the size of the chip being smaller than the size of the first chip arranging area of the circuit board, a plurality of first pads arranged around the first chip arranging area of the circuit board, the chip extending a plurality of pins corresponding to the plurality of first pads of the circuit board, the chip adapter comprising: a board of the same size as the first chip arranging area of the circuit board; wherein edges of the chip adapter define a plurality of gaps corresponding to the plurality of first pads of the circuit board, a second chip arranging area of the same size as the chip is arranged in a center of the chip adapter, a plurality of second pads are arranged around the second chip arranging area of the chip adapter corresponding to the plurality of pins of the chip, each of the plurality second pads is electrically connected to a sidewall of the corresponding gap of the chip adapter.