Patent · US Expired

IC socket

US5924874A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1998
Grant dateJul 20, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/1023
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an IC socket capable of reducing inductance of contacts corresponding to a power supply pin and a ground pin of an IC, of increasing the level of impedance matching and of enabling the measurement of a high frequency IC. Contacts each formed of a single kind and comprising three contact portions and one curved portion are arranged in a straight line along grooves of an IC socket and the contacts are connected to a measuring circuit board which is inserted into the grooves of the IC socket through the three contact portions regardless of the curved portion.

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