High current capacity socket with side contacts

摘要

A high current capacity socket (1) comprises a base (10) and a number of side contacts (20). The base includes a bottom plate (100), a pair of sidewalls (101) extending upwardly from opposite sides of the bottom plate. A number of passageways (102) are defined in the bottom plate and corresponding terminals (11) are received in the passageways. A receiving room (104) is defined in the center of the bottom plate. The side contacts are fixed in the sidewall (101) of the base (10) to transmit current to a printed circuit board or grounded to reduce the dimension of an integrated circuit package that is received in the receiving room.