摘要 |
A floating or compliant plate test socket device and method is disclosed. Three primary components, a fixed frame 20 receives a floating or compliant plate 22, sit together atop a housing 24 which contains contact pins used for the electrical test of the DUT (device under test). In fixed plate 20 are bearings for reducing friction when the floating plate is driven downward by the DUT inserter. Embedded in sidewalls 40 are a plurality of vertical raceways 46 which receive bearings 48. The raceways are borings, which have gap in the boring, in the fixed plate sidewalls 40 with the boring center spaced from the sidewall sufficiently that part of the bore removes part of the sidewall but allows the ball bearings to partially protrude from the gap formed in the incomplete semicircular boarding without the bearings being able to freely escape.
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