Semiconductor device socket, assembly and methods

    公开(公告)号:US6088238A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-11

    申请号:US309331

    申请日:1999-05-11

    IPC分类号: H01R12/89 H05K7/10 H05K7/14

    CPC分类号: H05K7/1007 H01R12/89

    摘要: A socket that secures bare and minimally packaged semiconductor devices substantially perpendicularly relative to a carrier substrate. The socket includes intermediate conductive elements and a member which moves the intermediate conductive elements between an insertion position and a biased position. After placement of the intermediate conductive elements into an insertion position, a semiconductor device may be inserted into a receptacle of the socket with minimal insertion force. Movement of the member to a biased position facilitates biasing of the intermediate conductive elements against a bond pad of the semiconductor device. The intermediate conductive elements establish an electrical connection between the semiconductor device and the carrier substrate. A first embodiment of the socket includes a member which moves transversely relative to the remainder of the socket. In a second embodiment of the socket, the member moves vertically relative to the socket body.