Socket receiving an electronic component having a plurality of contact pads

A socket, comprising:

• (a) a housing made of an insulating board and having:
• (1) a plurality of passageways arranged over the housing, each of the passageways extending through the housing from a first surface of the housing to an opposite second surface of the housing and having an inner wall surface plated with a conductive material;
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• (2) a first conductive pad formed on the first surface of the housing so as to correspond to one of the passageways, the first conductive pad being electrically continuous with the conductive material of the inner wall surface of the passageway and extending from the passageway;
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• (b) a plurality of first contacts arranged on the first surface of the housing and each corresponding to one of the plurality of passageways, each of the first contacts includes:
• (1) a first contact portion positioned above the first surface of the housing and configured to be elastically deformed by a first contact pad electrically connected with the first contact;
• (2) a first insertion portion inserted into one of the passageways and configured to be elastically deformed and pressed by the inner wall surface of the passageway;
• (3) a first joint portion joined to the first conductive pad;
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• (4) a raised portion extending from the first joint portion in a direction perpendicular to the first joint portion, the raised portion is disposed on a side of the first joint portion opposite the first contact portion.