Side clamping BGA socket
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsPaul J. Brown, Alex L. Chan
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Abstract
Disclosed is a socket apparatus for ball grid array (BGA) balls, including a base member of electrically insulative material, a plurality of electrical contact members disposed in row and column configuration attached to the electrically insulative material, a plate member extending in a row direction, and a plurality of extension members connected to the plate member and configured to press BGA balls of a mounted BGA into the plurality of electrical contact members when the plate member is pulled in a first direction.
Claims19
A socket apparatus for ball grid array (BGA) balls, comprising:
- a base member of electrically insulative material, the base member configured to receive BGA balls in a first direction into the socket apparatus;
- a plurality of electrical contact members disposed in row and column configuration attached to the electrically insulative material;
- a plate member extending in a row direction;
- and
- a plurality of extension members connected to the plate member and configured to press BGA balls of a mounted BGA into the plurality of electrical contact members when the plate member is pulled in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
A method of securing a ball grid array (BGA) to a socket including a base member of electrically insulative material, the base member configured to receive BGA balls in a first direction into the socket apparatus, a plurality of electrical contact members disposed in row and column configuration attached to the electrically insulative material, a plate member extending in a row direction, a plurality of extension members connected to the plate member and configured to press BGA balls of a mounted BGA into the plurality of electrical contact members when the plate member is pulled in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the method comprising:
- mounting the BGA into the socket in the first direction;
- and
- moving the plate member and the extension members in the second direction to urge mounted BGA balls into electrical contact engagement with the electrical contact members and secure the BGA to the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.