Surface mount technology land grid array socket

摘要

An electrical socket is provided for receiving processors requiring only vertical mounting actuation. The socket includes a housing having an array of contacts, and a frame having a bottom surface and a contacting surface. The contacts have a loaded position and an unloaded position. The loaded position corresponds to the placement of a desired vertical load. The housing is slidably mounted to the frame. The contacting surface is located such that a processor abuts the contacting surface when the contacts are in the loaded position due to the placement of a processor and the bottom surface of the frame abuts a flat surface, such as a circuit board to which the socket is mounted.