Patents by Inventor Steven Daigle

Steven Daigle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated circuit test socket having elastic contact support and methods for use therewith
    Patent number: 7686621
    Abstract: A socket can be used for testing an integrated circuit package having a plurality of rows of leads. The socket includes a base that is aligned with a circuit board having a plurality of contact pads. A plurality of rows of contact fingers are electrically coupled to the plurality of contact pads, each of the plurality of rows of contact fingers for engaging a corresponding one of the plurality of rows of leads in response to a retention force applied to the integrated circuit package. Each of the contact finger has a cantilevered end that is supported by a supporting force generated by an elastic contact in response to the retention force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sigmatel, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Daigle, Michael Beatty
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TEST SOCKET HAVING ELASTIC CONTACT SUPPORT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20090233463
    Abstract: A socket can be used for testing an integrated circuit package having a plurality of rows of leads. The socket includes a base that is aligned with a circuit board having a plurality of contact pads. A plurality of rows of contact fingers are electrically coupled to the plurality of contact pads, each of the plurality of rows of contact fingers for engaging a corresponding one of the plurality of rows of leads in response to a retention force applied to the integrated circuit package. Each of the contact finger has a cantilevered end that is supported by a supporting force generated by an elastic contact in response to the retention force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Steven Daigle, Michael Beatty