Test socket assembly for testing LCC packages of both rectangular and square configuration
AssigneeAries Electronics, Inc.
InventorWilliam Y. Sinclair
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Abstract
A universal LCC test socket assembly for making solderless connections between the leads of either a rectangular or square configured LCC packaged IC and a testing device includes a top member having spring biased securing members for temporarily securing a LCC packaged IC, and a base member including a plurality of electrical contacts that extend beyond the base member for electrical connection to the testing device.
Claims17
A universal LCC test socket assembly for making solderless electrical connections between the contacting leads of an LCC packaged IC and a testing device for testing the electrical characteristics of the LCC, said LCC test socket assembly comprising:
- a dielectric base member including a planar bottom wall having a plurality of pin receiving through-apertures and a plurality of stabilizing pin mounting holes;
- a plurality of spaced apart contact assemblies mounted on said dielectric base member, each contact assembly including a plurality of parallel slots and apertures aligned with said plurality of pin receiving through-apertures and stabilizing pin mounting holes disposed in said base member;
- a plurality of electrical connectors, each of which is disposed in a slot in one of said contact assemblies, each said electrical connector including a contact pin portion and a stabilizing pin portion, with the contact pin portion extending through an aperture in said contact assembly and through a pin receiving through-aperture in the base member for electrical connection to the testing device, while the stabilizing pin portion thereof extends through an aperture in a contact assembly and is disposed in a stabilizing pin mounting hole in the base member;
- a dielectric top member connected to said base member and including a planar top wall;
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- a dog plate securing means mounted on said planar top wall of the top member for temporarily securing said LCC packaged IC to said top member whereby, with an LCC disposed in said dog plate securing means and with the top member being juxtaposed to said base member such that the respective top wall and planar bottom wall are in opposed relationship, the contacting leads of the LCC engage the plurality of electric connectors for establishing electrical connection between the LCC and the testing device.
A universal LCC test socket assembly for making solderless electrical connections between the connecting leads of an LCC packaged IC and a testing device for testing the electrical characteristics of the LCC, said LCC test socket assembly comprising:
- a dielectric base member including a planar bottom wall and a upstanding peripheral side wall, said dielectric base member having a plurality of pin receiving through-apertures and a plurality of stabilizing pin mounting holes provided in said bottom wall;
- a plurality of spaced apart contact assemblies mounted on said dielectric base member, each contact assembly including a plurality of parallel slots and apertures aligned with said plurality of pin receiving through-apertures and stabilizing pin mounting holes disposed in the planar bottom wall of said base member;
- a plurality of electrical connectors, each electrical connector being disposed in a slot in one of said contact assemblies, each said electrical connector including a contact pin portion and a stabilizing pin portion extending from an S-shaped conductive strip portion, with the contact pin portion extending through an aperture in said contact assembly and through a pin receiving through-aperture in the base member for electrical connection to the testing device, while the stabilizing pin portion thereof extends through an aperture in a contact assembly and is disposed in a stabilizing pin mounting hole in the base member;
- a dielectric top member hingedly connected to said base member, said dielectric top member including a planar top wall and an upstanding peripheral wall;
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- a dog plate securing means mounted in said dielectric top member and secured to said planar top wall for temporarily securing said LCC packaged IC to said top member whereby, with an LCC disposed in said dog plate securing means and with the top member being rotated about said hinge means such that the respective top wall and planar bottom wall are in opposed relationship, the leads of the LCC engage the S-shaped portion of the electrical connectors as disposed in the contact assemblies for establishing electrical connection between the LCC and the testing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.