Imperium Thermal Control System Developed specifically for low power applications, Ironwood Electronics’ IMPERIUM Thermal Control System integrates seamlessly with Ironwood’s test sockets and can be easily adapted to all sockets, providing exceptional thermal control in demanding applications. Building upon Ironwood’s leadership and expertise in high performance sockets, Imperium provides a smaller footprint, less noise, greater […]

Embedded Wire Elastomer Sockets for High Speed Applications SG elastomer sockets allow for very high speed testing of 0.3mm to 1.27mm pitch BGA, LGA, QFN, QFP and SOIC devices on the same footprint as other Ironwood socket technologies. Embedded Wire in Elastomer (SG) contact technology consists of a fine pitch matrix (0.05mm x 0.05mm) of […]

Overview Company Overview – Founded 1986 – 100,000 Sockets built – 1M+ adapters built – High Performance Adapters and Sockets – Many Custom Designs & Turn-Key Solutions – Engineering – Electrical and Mechanical – ISO9001:2015 Registration – Customers – Engineering and OEM Capabilities Overview – Simulation QFIN for heat sink design Microwave Studio for electrical […]

Overview Company Overview – Founded 1986 – Over 10,000 catalog products – High Performance Adapters and Sockets – Many Custom Designs & Turn-Key Solutions – Engineering – Electrical and Mechanical – ISO9001:2015 Registration – Customers – Engineering and OEM Capabilities Overview – Simulation QFIN for heat sink design Microwave Studio for electrical – 3D Solid […]

“Socket receptacles” are parts that present a pluggable female interface. Depending on the pattern, they can be used with our land sockets, industry standard ZIF and production sockets, or other parts with compatible arrays of pins. Socket receptacles typically plug into one of our surface mount emulator feet, although we do offer some QFP socket […]

We offer PLCC adapters that will snap onto the PLCC package or insert into a PLCC socket. These adapters provide reliable access and interconnection to all signals. Standard Parts PLCC Socket Plugs-True J-Lead Emulation Ironwood’s family of clips and plugs for PLCC packages can be used for connecting PCBs together or for gaining access to […]

Socket your QFN28 using Extreme Temperature Socket with Superior Electrical Performance Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new QFN socket addressing high performance requirements for custom size devices – CBT-QFN-7071. The contactor is a stamped spring pin  with 14.5 gram actuation force per pin and cycle life of 100,000 insertions. The self inductance of the contactor is 0.98 nH, […]

Solutions for Controllers, Buffers and DDR’s BGA devices Ironwood Electronics has Grypper sockets for all your BGA components used on Memory cards – Contoller, Buffers and DDR’s. The Ironwood Grypper sockets are great for enabling fast east swap out of BGA device for development sorting and failure analysis. The Grypper socket allow you to simply […]