Socket technologies - Ironwood Electronics

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Socket Technologies
Toll Free: (800) 404-0204 U.S. Only
Tel: (952) 229-8200
Fax: (952) 229-8201
email: [email protected]
Introduction
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Company Overview
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Over 5,000 products
High Performance Adapters and Sockets
Many Custom Designs
Engineering – Electrical and Mechanical
ISO9001:2008 Registration
Socket Technology Overview
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Embedded gold plated wire elastomer (SG)
Stamped & Etched spring pins (SBT)
Embedded silver ball elastomer matrix (SM/SMP)
Compressible silver button in polyimide (GT)
Surface mount adapters for sockets (SF)
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Development
Proven Capability
18 Years
Continuous improvement
Embedded gold plated wire
30.5 GHz elastomer socket (SG)
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Heat sink lid
Protruded wire
from elastomer
BGA compressed on Elastomer
Wire marks on BGA
Features
Benefits
Short contact
High bandwidth applications
Gold plated Brass wire
Low contact resistance
Small socket footprint
Easy to place inductors, capacitors, resistors, etc for tuning
and increasing bandwidth. Ideal for IC prototype and system
testing and field upgradeable system designs
High resilient elastomer
Compression cycles in thousands
Optimized contact force
Reliable connection without damage to device or board
Torque indicator
Xilinx FPGA socket
Capabilities
• 0.3mm to 1.27mm pitch
• 1x1mm to 55x55mm device
• BGA, QFN, QFP, SOIC
• 4000 pin count
• Heat sink options
• Easy chip replacement
• Custom support plate options
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Open top lid
No mounting hole socket
Custom insulation plate
Development
Proven Capability
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Open top
socket
BGA low force pin
LGA high force pin
7 Years
Continuous improvement
Stamped & Etched spring pin
31.7 GHz socket (SBT)
BGA socket w/ Snap Lid
Features
Benefits
Long contact travel
Compliancy for large package warpage
Gold plated BeCu material
High temperature applications
Small socket footprint
Easy to place inductors, capacitors, resistors, etc for tuning and
increasing bandwidth. Ideal for IC prototype and system testing
and field upgradeable system designs
High resilient spring
Compression cycles in hundreds of thousands
Optimized pin diameter to
length ratio
Impedance matched high speed applications
Stamped contact
High current applications
Automated assembly
Low cost, short lead time
Capabilities
• 0.4mm to 1.27mm pitch
• 1x1mm to 60x60mm device
• BGA, LGA, QFN, QFP, SOIC
• 5000 pin count
• Heat sink options
• Easy chip replacement
• Custom support plate options
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Floating plate for precise
alignment and swivel lid
Super short
Etched spring pin
Cone /ball
Plunger
Clamshell BGA socket
Embedded silver ball
40 GHz elastomer socket (SM/SMP)
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Development
SM
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Array of Columns - Elastomer Matrix
5 Years
Proven Capability
Continuous improvement
SMP
Cross section - Silver balls
SMP = Elastomer layer + Protective layer
Features
Benefits
Shortest contact
Highest bandwidth applications
Silver balls
Low contact resistance
Small socket footprint
Easy to place inductors, capacitors, resistors, etc for tuning and
increasing bandwidth. Ideal for IC prototype and system testing
and field upgradeable system designs
High resilient elastomer
Compression cycles in hundreds of thousands
Matrix with core
Optimized force and built-in compression stop mechanism
Capabilities
• 0.25mm to 1.27mm pitch
• 1x1mm to 60x60mm device
• BGA, LGA, QFN
• 3000 pin count
• Heat sink options
• Easy chip replacement
• Custom support plate options
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Replaceable elastomer
module
Relaxed
Actuated
Rest & Test condition
ATE socket with double latch clam shell lid
Continuous improvement
Compressible silver button
75 GHz elastomer socket (GT)
TEST
REST
Array of Silver Buttons - Elastomer Matrix
2 Years
Proven Capability
Development
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BGA Rest & Test condition
Features
Benefits
Shortest contact
Highest bandwidth applications
Silver particles
Low contact resistance
Small socket footprint
Easy to place inductors, capacitors, resistors, etc for tuning and
increasing bandwidth. Ideal for IC prototype and system testing
and field upgradeable system designs
Individual buttons
No mechanical coupling
Laser cut substrate
Precise contact location
Capabilities
• 0.3mm to 1.27mm pitch
• 1x1mm to 50x50mm device
• BGA, LGA, QFN
• 3000 pin count
• Heat sink options
• Easy chip replacement
• Custom support plate options
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Socket with heat sink
Relaxed
Actuated
QFN Rest & Test condition
BGA socket with Swivel lid
Contact Technology Summary
Characteristics
Bandwidth, GHz
Embedded Wire
Elastomer (SG)
Stamped spring pins
(SBT)
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Embedded Silver Ball
Elastomer Matrix
(SM/SMP)
Silver Button
Elastomer (GT)
27 to >40
7 to 31.7
>40
75
Endurance, Cycles
2K
500K
5K/500K
1K
Resistance, mΩ
20
15
15
20
0.11 to 0.28
0.88 to 0.98
0.21
0.04
2
8
4
5
Temp Range, ⁰C
-35 to +100
-55 to +180
-55 to +155
-55 to +160
Pitch, mm
0.3 to 1.27
0.4 to 1.27
0.25 to 1.27
0.3 to 1.27
BGA, QFN, QFP,
SOIC
BGA, LGA, QFN, QFP,
SOIC
BGA, LGA, QFN
BGA, LGA, QFN
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Self Inductance, nH
Max Current, Amp
Package Types
Lab test
Production test
Field upgrade
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Burn-in test
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Pin Datasheet
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Socket Lid Options
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Development
Proven Capability
18 Years
Continuous improvement
Surface Mount Adapters for sockets (SF)
Surface mount adapter
Socket + SM adapter
QFN SM adapter
QFP SM adapter
Features
Benefits
Pluggable interface
Easy insertion and extraction for device swap
FR4 & Gold plated contacts
High temperature applications
Small adapter footprint
Easy to place inductors, capacitors, resistors, etc for tuning and
increasing bandwidth. Ideal for IC prototype and system testing
and field upgradeable system designs
Conductive filled via
Excellent thermal dissipation and high current applications
Optimized plated thru hole
with filled via
Low inductance and high speed applications
Edge castellation (QFN)
Easy manual assembly
Standard Solder (BGA)
Easy assembly (industry standard reflow profile)
Capabilities
• 0.5mm to 1.27mm pitch
• 2x3mm to 50x50mm device
• BGA, LGA, QFN, QFP, SOIC
• 2000 pin count
• Lead free options
• Easy pluggable module
• Custom height extension
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Pluggable adapter pair
with soldered device
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Thru hole adapter
Spring pin socket +
Thru hole adapter +
Surface mount adapter
Thru hole adapter +
Surface mount adapter
0.5mm pitch
Pluggable adapter pair
Custom Capability
Custom socket designs in 2 days
Match customer’s PCB footprint
Custom socket manufacturing in 10 days
Multiple contactor technologies
Heat sink simulation and design
Contactor signal integrity simulation
In-house automated optical inspection
In-house machining
Quick-turn production
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