A new BGA socket design uses high-performance elastomer capable of handling 75 GHz, low-inductance and wide temperature applications. The GT-BGA-2127 socket is designed for a 40×40-mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 75 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss. The socket is designed to dissipate 150 W using a heat […]

Technology Licensing and Operations agreements executed between Ironwood Electronics and HSIO Technologies now allow Ironwood to provide the Gypper DDR and other memory sockets. The DDR4 Ironwood Grypper socket, P/N 107022-0038, allows testing a device in the exact footprint as the device alone. Fitting the socket into the same location as on the end application […]

Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high-performance BGA socket for 1mm pitch BGA 937 pin BGA. The CG-BGA-4028 socket is designed for 35X35mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 27 GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss. The socket is designed with easy-open clamshell lid mechanism that enhances the user experience […]

A new LGA socket, CBT-LGA-5019, addresses high-performance requirements for 1-mm pitch optical engine chips, self-contained electrical-to-optical transceiver units intended for computer interconnects. The contactor is a stamped-spring pin with 19-gm actuation force per pin and cycle life of 125,000 insertions. The self-inductance of the contactor is 0.93 nH, insertion loss is less than 1 dB […]

A new high-performance elastomer socket is designed to handle 0.5-mm-pitch BGA packages. The CG15-BGA-1003 socket is designed for a 10×5.7-mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 40 GHz with less than 1 dB of insertion loss (GSSG configuration). The contact resistance is typically 20 mΩ per pin. Network analyzer reflection measurements for the […]

A new BGA socket called the CBT-BGA-6087 features a contactor in the form of a stamped spring pin with 19-gm actuation force per ball and a cycle life of 125,000 insertions. The self-inductance of the contactor is 0.93 nH, insertion loss < 1 dB at 14.1 GHz, and contact resistance is

A new LGA socket addresses high-performance requirements for custom pitch devices – CBT-LGA-5017. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 14.5-gm actuation force per pin and cycle life of 100,000 insertions. The self-inductance of the contactor is 0.98 nH, insertion loss is below 1 dB at 31.7 GHz and capacitance is 0.067 pF. The […]