US 2010/0248518 A1Published application

Socket

OwnerHideyuki Takahashi, Kiyokazu Ikeyainventors

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Abstract

Provided is a socket which protects an upper surface of a semiconductor device from being scratched due to contact, by using a latch plate. A socket (10) includes a base member (20); a cover member (30) which reciprocates in a direction to be close to or separated from the base member (20); a plurality of contacts (40); an adaptor (50), which moves in a direction to be close to or separated from the base member and provides a surface for placing a semiconductor package; a latch member (60) which rotationally shifts with reciprocation of the cover member (30); and a latch plate (70) connected to the latch member (60). The latch plate (70) prevents the leading edge of the latch member (60) from being directly brought into contact with a BGA, and presses down the BGA placed on the adaptor (50) in the vertical direction.

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Dependent claims

A socket comprising:

a base member;
a cover member for reciprocating in a direction to be close to of separated from the base member;
a plurality of contacts, each contact is fixed in the base member, each contact having a elastically deformable portion between both ends;
a latch member supported on the base member rotatably and for rotating in response to the cover member, the latch member being at a position for pressing an electronic device when the cover member is separated from the base member, and the latch member being at an evacuated position when the cover member is closed to the base member;
a latch plate provided on a pressing portion of the latch member, the latch plate being able to press the surface of the electronic device in a vertical direction when the latch member is at the position for pressing;
and
a mounting member for providing a mounting surface for the electronic device and movable up and down with respect to the base member;
wherein the mounting member is formed with a latch plate guide for moving the latch plate in the vertical direction when the latch plate presses the electronic device.

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