摘要 |
A component module holder is adapted to hold a plurality of integrated circuit devices in alignment with one another in a way that enables the devices to be directly plugged to a printed circuit board. In this condition, the holder is secured to said printed circuit board with the contacts on said integrated circuit devices making contacts with appropriate contacts on the printed circuit board. This direct contact between the packaged integrated circuit device leads and a board may reduce the die bond pad to board pad stub length, improving speed. This arrangement may also allow the integrated circuit devices to be replaced and upgraded as a whole as needed. The holder may be utilized, for example, to upgrade system integrated circuit devices in computer systems by providing a plurality of connected, integrated circuit dynamic random access memory elements directly pluggable onto a computer system motherboard.
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