CN100352108C

CN100352108C - High-flow socket connector wikth side terminal

Info

Publication number: CN100352108C
Application number: CNB021086583A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戴维德G·豪维尔; 孙佩伦
Original assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foxconn Kunshan Computer Connector Co Ltd; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2001-12-06
Filing date: 2002-04-08
Publication date: 2007-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 2022-04-08
Also published as: TW538562B; JP2003197336A; CN1423373A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a high-flow socket connector (1) which is used for connecting an integrated circuit (IC) assembly (5). The high-flow socket connector (1) comprises a base (10), a cover body (20), a plurality of containing channels (24) and a driving mechanism, wherein a plurality of side terminals (40) are arranged at one side of the base (10); the cover body (20) can be installed on the base in a slide mode; the driving mechanism is used for driving the side terminals to be in contact with the current of an integrated circuit assembly and a grounding electric conductor (54). The driving mechanism comprises a control rod (31), a plurality of convex blocks (32) formed on the side terminals, and a plurality of bulges (34) which are formed on the cover body and extend into the containing channels. By the structure, when the driving mechanism is not driven, the side terminals can not be in contact with the current of the integrated circuit assembly or the grounding electric conductor. When the driving mechanism is driven, the side terminals can be in contact with the current of the integrated circuit assembly and the grounding electric conductor.

Description

High flow capacity socket connector with side terminal

[technical field]

The present invention is relevant a kind of high flow capacity socket connector with side terminal, refers in particular to a kind of high flow capacity socket connector with the driving mechanism that is used for the driving side terminal.

[background technology]

The high flow capacity socket connector is in order to transmission signals and conduction current between printed circuit board (PCB) and integrated circuit package.Existing high flow capacity socket connector is used to connect integrated circuit package, and it comprises that the pedestal, the slip that are provided with some accepting grooves are installed in lid on the pedestal, are provided with and arrange some accepting holes in line with accepting groove and be housed in plurality of terminals in the accepting groove of pedestal on lid.Integrated circuit package has several and extends the terminal that is used for the engage receptacle terminal downwards.The terminal that extends comprises signal terminal, current terminal and earth terminal downwards.Therefore, the terminal that is housed in the pedestal accepting groove of socket connector also comprises signal terminal, current terminal and earth terminal.Yet this design has increased the size of socket connector inevitably, so, the manufacturing complexity of this socket connector, and take more spaces on the printed circuit board (PCB).

For solving the above-mentioned defective of prior art, present patent application has disclosed a kind of high flow capacity socket connector with side terminal, these side terminals are in order to the electric conductor of the relative both sides of direct joint integrated circuit package, and side terminal is included in the earth terminal that is used for the current terminal of conduction current between integrated circuit package and the printed circuit board (PCB) and is used for the ground connection purpose.

When integrated circuit package was assembled on the pedestal of socket connector, side terminal directly engaged the electric conductor of integrated circuit package.For making side terminal slip contact conductor, be necessary to design a kind of driving mechanism to finish this purpose.

So the present invention aims to provide a kind of modified model high flow capacity socket connector, it has a driving mechanism and contacts or be separated with the electric conductor of integrated circuit package with the driving side terminal.

[summary of the invention]

One of purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of high flow capacity socket connector, and it has a driving mechanism and is used for the driving side terminal and it is engaged with integrated circuit package or is separated.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of high flow capacity socket connector, it has the side terminal driving mechanism compatible mutually with the driving mechanism that is used in Zero plug-in force socket.

For achieving the above object, the present invention adopts following technical scheme: the high flow capacity socket connector is used to connect integrated circuit package, and it comprises that pedestal, slip with the plurality of side terminal that is arranged on a side are installed in lid on the pedestal, are positioned at and are used for extending pass some for side terminal on the lid and accommodate passage and be used for the driving mechanism that the driving side terminal contacts or breaks away from integrated circuit package.Side terminal is formed with projection, and driving mechanism comprises the control lever be located between pedestal and the lid, forms and extend into the projection of accommodating in the passage on lid.Integrated circuit package comprises insulation shell, is arranged on the some electric currents and the ground connection electric conductor of a side of insulation shell.When socket connector was shown in an open position, the projection of side terminal was compressed by the projection of lid and makes the outside resilient bias of side terminal, was separated with the electric current and the ground connection electric conductor of integrated circuit package.When socket connector was in the closed position, the projection of side terminal and the projection of lid were separated and make the side terminal homing, thereby contact with the ground connection electric conductor with the electric current of integrated circuit package.

Compared with prior art, the present invention is by being provided with one by the projection on control lever, the side terminal and forms and extend into and accommodate the driving mechanism that the some projectioies in the passage constitute jointly on lid, thereby realizes the purpose that some electric currents and the ground connection electric conductor of the insulation shell side setting of driving side terminal and integrated circuit package engage or be separated.

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of high flow capacity socket connector of the present invention and integrated circuit package.

Fig. 2 is the constitutional diagram of Fig. 1 high flow capacity socket connector.

Fig. 3 is the expanded view of the side terminal of socket connector.

Fig. 4 is the expanded view of Fig. 2 annulus part, has showed the situation that the projection of side terminal engages with the projection of the lid of socket connector.

Fig. 5 is a cutaway view, has showed the situation that the electric conductor of side terminal and integrated circuit package is separated.

The similar view of Fig. 6 and Fig. 4, but showed the situation that the projection of the projection of side terminal and lid is separated.

Fig. 7 is a cutaway view, but has showed the situation that side terminal engages with the electric conductor of integrated circuit package.

[embodiment]

See also Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, high flow capacity socket connector 1 of the present invention is used to connect integrated circuit package 5 and printed circuit board (PCB) 6 (as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 7), and it comprises a rectangular susceptor 10 with the side terminal 40 that is arranged on relative both sides, the driving mechanism that can be installed in the rectangle lid 20 on the pedestal 10 and be used for driving side terminal 40 along the first direction slippage.The detailed construction of driving mechanism is held the back and is described.Integrated circuit package 5 comprise a rectangle insulation shell 50, protrude out insulation shell 50 basal surfaces 500 signal conductor 52 array and be arranged on the several conducting 54 of insulation shell 50 relative two sides 502.Electric conductor 54 comprises the electric conductor that is used for electric current and ground connection.

Pedestal 10 is provided with an array of accommodating the accepting groove 12 of some signal terminals 14.As shown in Figure 5, each signal terminal 14 comprises the auxiliary section 140 of the corresponding signal conductor 52 that is used to cooperate integrated circuit package 5 and is used to be soldered to weld part 144 on the printed circuit board (PCB) 6.Pedestal 10 contiguous rear walls 102 places are provided with a transverse concave groove 16.

See also Fig. 3 again, side terminal 40 comprises some current terminals and earth terminal.Each side terminal 40 has a pars intermedia 402, extends upward six contact sites that are finger-shaped 404 and perpendicular to five bonding pads 406 of contact site 404 from pars intermedia 402.Each contact site 404 is provided with ball bumps 4040 in order to connect the corresponding electric current and the ground connection electric conductor of integrated circuit package 5 on the top.Bonding pad 406 is welded on and is used for transmission current on the printed circuit board (PCB) 6 and is used for ground connection.Form a pair of barb 4020 is fixed in the pedestal 10 to guarantee side terminal 40 in the relative both sides of pars intermedia 402.

Lid 20 is provided with the accepting groove some accepting holes 22 in line with matrix 10, passes to match with the auxiliary section 140 of signal terminal 14 so that the signal conductor 52 of integrated circuit package 5 extends.Lid 20 contiguous relative both sides are provided with some passages 24 of accommodating, and the contact site 404 that is used for side terminal 40 passes and protrudes out.

In embodiments of the present invention, driving mechanism comprise control lever 31, at some projections of forming on the side terminal 32 and integrally formed and extend into corresponding some protruding 34 (as shown in Figure 4) of accommodating in the passage 24 on lid 20.Being clipped in control lever 31 between pedestal 10 and the lid 20 has and is exposed and exercisable lever 310 and be housed in camshaft 312 in the groove 16.When lever 310 from the upright position when horizontal level rotates, be subjected to the promotion of camshaft, lid 20 can relative to matrix 10 from after forwards to moving.

See also Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, when socket connector 1 is shown in an open position, be that the lever 310 of control lever 31 is when being in vertical direction, projection 34 on the projection 32 joint lids 20 on the side terminal 40 is so that the contact site 404 outside elastic biasings of side terminal 40, therefore, the ball bumps 4040 of side terminal 40 is not connected on the electric current and ground connection electric conductor 54 of integrated circuit package 5, and simultaneously, the signal terminal 14 of socket connector 1 is separated with the signal conductor 52 of integrated circuit package 5.

See also Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 again, when socket connector 1 is in the closed position, the lever 310 that is control lever 31 is when vertical direction rotates to horizontal direction, projection 32 on the side terminal 40 is separated with projection 34 on the lid 20 so that the contact site 404 of side terminal 40 returns elastically original position from deflected position, therefore, the ball bumps 4040 of side terminal 40 is connected with ground connection electric conductor 54 with the electric current of integrated circuit package 5, simultaneously, the signal terminal 14 of socket connector 1 electrically connects with the signal conductor 52 of integrated circuit package 5.So, between integrated circuit package 5 and printed circuit board (PCB) 6, set up signal and current delivery, in addition, between integrated circuit package 5 and printed circuit board (PCB) 6, also set up a grounding path.

As Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 7, when drive mechanism when the contact site 404 of both sides terminal 40 moves along the second direction vertical with aforementioned first direction, the distance between the contact site 404 of both sides terminal 40 moves and changes with lid 20.When lid 20 is in original position, be that the lever 310 of control lever 31 is when being in vertical direction, signal terminal 14 separates with the signal conductor 52 of integrated circuit package 5, the projection 32 of side terminal 40 engages the projection 34 of lid 20, the outside deflection of contact site 404 elasticity of side terminal 40, the distance between relative two contact sites 404 is maximum.When lid 20 is in the final position, be that the lever 310 of control lever 31 is when being in horizontal direction, signal terminal 14 engages the signal conductor 52 of integrated circuit package 5, the projection 32 of side terminal 40 is separated with the projection 34 of lid 20, the contact site 404 of side terminal 40 returns elastically to original position from deflected position, and the distance between relative two contact sites 404 is minimum.

Although in the present embodiment, driving mechanism comprises and is used to drive lid 20 along the control lever 31 that pedestal 10 moves, and should be noted that the also available cam mechanism of control lever 31 or other relevant design structure of present embodiment replaces.

Claims

1. high flow capacity socket connector with side terminal, it comprises pedestal, lid, plurality of side terminal and driving mechanism, wherein lid is installed on the pedestal and can moves along pedestal, be provided with several side terminals along at least one lateral edges on pedestal and the lid matching surface, it is characterized in that: described side terminal is fixed among the pedestal and it is formed with the contact site that protrudes out lid, projection, driving mechanism comprises and is used to drive the control lever that lid moves along pedestal, and integrally formed and extend into the some projectioies in the passage of accommodating that are arranged on the lid corresponding to the contact site place of side terminal on lid, but the contact site of the projection driving side terminal on the bump bond lid on the side terminal moves on the direction that moves perpendicular to lid.

2. the high flow capacity socket connector with side terminal as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: control lever comprises in order to drive the handler that lid moves to the final position from original position.

3. the high flow capacity socket connector with side terminal as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that: when lid is in original position, the projection of side terminal engages with the projection of lid, and when lid was in the final position, the projection of side terminal and the projection of lid were separated.

4. electric connector combination, it comprises insulating base, insulation lid, some signal terminals, plurality of side terminal and integrated circuit package, the lid that wherein insulate is installed on the pedestal, pedestal slippage relatively longitudinally; Some signal terminals are arranged on the inside of pedestal; Integrated circuit package is installed on the lid, it comprises the signal conductor of the basal surface that extends integrated circuit package downwards, signal conductor cooperates by lid and with signal terminal in the pedestal, realize mechanicalness and electric connection, it is characterized in that: be provided with several along at least one lateral edges on pedestal and the lid matching surface and be fixed in side terminal in the pedestal, at the projection that forms on the side terminal and integrally formed and extend into the some projectioies in the passage of accommodating that are arranged on the lid on lid; Integrated circuit package also comprises from least one side the side conductor that extends downwards, but the projection driving side terminal on the bump bond lid on the side terminal on the direction that moves perpendicular to lid from open position when off-position moves with the side conductor of integrated circuit package formation mechanicalness and electric connection.

5. electric connector combination as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that: described side terminal extends upward and exceeds pedestal and lid upper surface.