Chip carrier for fastening a chip to a printed circuit board

摘要

Disclosed is a chip carrier including a base having terminal slots along the four sides thereof, and terminals each of which having a mounting contact inserted in either terminal slot and a connecting leg disposed out of the respective terminal contact for fastening to a printed circuit board, wherein the base comprises four straight ribs horizontally disposed along the terminal slots at an inner side to keep the connecting leg of every terminal at the same elevation. Each straight rib has grooves spaced corresponding to the terminals slots on tile same side to hold the connecting legs of the terminals in position.