Easy mount socket
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKenzo Ishida, Shuji Inoue, Kinya Ichikawa, Kenji Takahashi
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Abstract
A socket for mounting a processor and/or a board has a substrate with a built in socket. The socket has conductive, elastically deformable terminals. The socket may be mounted to a processor and a board without using conventional surface mount technology, instead providing a mechanical contact mechanism between the socket and the board or processor. An adhesive layer may also be used to connect the socket to a processor and/or a board.
Claims14
A mounting socket, comprising:
- a body having first and second sides, and having a plurality of vias extending from a first side to a second side;
- a plurality of conductive terminals within the vias, each terminal including
- a spring extending through one of the vias and adapted to exert a return force when compressed,
- a conductive polymer in contact with the spring and with the one via;
- a first adhesive layer affixed to the first side of the body;
- a polymer tape applied to the first adhesive layer;
- a ground and power line circuit on the polymer tape.
A circuit assembly, comprising:
- a substrate having a plurality of lands thereon;
- a socket body having a first side in contact with the substrate, and having an opposite side;
- a plurality of vias extending from the first side to the opposite side;
- a plurality of conductive terminals within the vias and contacting the lands, each terminal including
- a spring extending through one of the vias and adapted to exert a return force when compressed,
- a conductive polymer in contact with the spring and with the one via;
- an adhesive layer bonding the socket body to the substrate;
- a polymer tape applied to the adhesive layer;
- a ground and power line circuit on the polymer tape.
The circuit assembly of claim 13 further comprising a circuit board contacting the opposite side of the socket body.
- 15,. The circuit assembly of claim 14 further comprising another adhesive layer on the opposite side of the socket body bonding it to the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.