Chip Socket Fixing Plate for Pin Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional chip socket structures result in irregular pin configurations and void solder phenomena during surface mounting due to pins forming a suspension state, making horizontal fixation and soldering challenging.
Innovation Solution
The chip socket structure incorporates a fixing plate with insertion slots corresponding to terminal pins, allowing them to be tidily arranged and fixed horizontally, eliminating the need for adjustments and reducing production costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If pins are extended horizontally to form a suspension state after chip implantation, then the chip socket can be assembled, but the pins form an irregular configuration causing void solder phenomenon during surface mounting
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing plate with insertion slots is prepared in advance to receive and organize the terminal pins before the soldering process. This preliminary arrangement ensures pins are properly positioned and prevents the irregular configuration that causes void solder phenomenon, while still allowing easy assembly of the chip socket.
Solution Approach 2:
The fixing plate acts as an intermediary component between the terminal pins and the soldering process. Its insertion slots guide and constrain the pins into proper horizontal alignment, mediating between the loose suspension state of pins and the precise requirements of surface mounting soldering.
2Adaptability or versatility
If connection plates are broken off to separate pins after chip implantation, then terminals can be connected to pins, but pins become difficult to fix horizontally and form irregular configurations
Solution Approach 1:
The fixing plate is designed in advance with insertion slots that correspond to the terminal positions. After connection plates are broken off to separate pins, the pins can be directly inserted into the pre-prepared insertion slots, which automatically position them horizontally without requiring additional adjustment operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The insertion slots of the fixing plate automatically guide and position the terminal pins into correct horizontal alignment when the pins are inserted. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for manual adjustment or additional fixing operations, making the pin positioning process simple despite the connection plates being broken off.
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AI summary
An improved structure of a chip socket is composed of a chip socket which is a square fixing seat, and a center of the fixing seat is provided with a cavity for holding a chip. Inner sides of the cavity are arranged with insertion slots for terminals, the cavity of fixing seat is provided with a fixing plate, and a side of the fixing plate is extended and arranged with insertion slots which are corresponding to pins of the terminals.Through the correspondence of insertion slots of the fixing plate to the terminals at insertion slots, the pins of terminals can be tidily arranged inside the insertion slots, such that the pins can be maintained at a horizontal direction and there will be no void solder phenomenon caused by welding the pins, when the chip socket is welded with a surface mounting technology.