Pin-free socket compatible with optical/electrical interconnects
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorYuan-Liang Li
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Abstract
A socket that includes: a housing, one or more power conductors, and one or more ground conductors. The power conductors and ground conductors are conductive bars imbedded in one or more walls of the housing in a checkerboard pattern providing a low inductance and low resistance current path. The housing may contain an opening in the center and has a top side and a bottom side. The power conductors and the ground conductors are electrically connectable to an electronic package on the top side of the housing and a printed circuit board on the bottom side of the housing. The socket is pin-free and compatible with electronic packages that transfer information over optical interconnects on a printed circuit board.
Claims14
A signal pin-free socket comprising:
- at least two power conductors, each at least two power conductors comprising a conductive bar;
- at least two ground conductors, each at least two ground conductors comprising a conductive bar;
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- a housing, the housing containing an opening in the center and having a top side and a bottom side, the at least two power conductors and the at least two ground conductors being imbedded in at least one wall of the housing in a checkerboard pattern providing a low inductance and low resistance current path and electrically connectable to an electronic package on the top side of the housing and a printed circuit board on the bottom side of the housing,
- wherein the signal pin-free socket is compatible with electronic packages that transfer information over optical interconnects on a printed circuit board.
A signal pin-free socket comprising:
- at least two power conductors, each at least two power conductors comprising a conductive bar;
- at least two ground conductors, each at least two ground conductors comprising a conductive bar;
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- a housing, the housing having a top side and a bottom side, the at least two power conductors and the at least two ground conductors being imbedded in at least one wall of the housing in a checkerboard pattern providing a low inductance and low resistance current path and electrically connectable to an electronic package on the top side of the housing and a printed circuit board on the bottom side of the housing.
A printed circuit board assembly comprising:
- at least one electronic package, each at least one electronic package containing at least one chip;
- at least one socket, each at least one electronic package connected to one at least one socket;
- a printed circuit board, each at least one socket being attached to the printed circuit board,
- wherein the at least one socket is signal pin-free and compatible with electronic packages that transfer information over optical interconnects on the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.