True Zero Footprint BGA Memory Sockets !! Ironwood Electronics, with the recent announcement of the Technology Licensing and Operations agreements executed between Ironwood and HSIO Technologies, now offers the Gypper DDR and other memory sockets. The DDR4 Ironwood Grypper socket, P/N 107022-0038 allows testing device in the exact footprint as the device. Fitting the socket […]

Socket your 937 pin BGA packages with heat sink assembly and high speed elastomer Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high performance BGA socket for 1mm pitch BGA 937 pin BGA. The socket is designed for 35x35mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 27 GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss. […]

Products, Services & Capabilities 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 – World wide distribution – Customers – Product Overview Elastomer Sockets Spring Pin Sockets Manual Socket Lids Clamshell/Lever Actuation […]

Socket your LGA747 using Extreme Temperature Socket with Superior Electrical Performance Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new LGA socket addressing high performance requirements for 1mm pitch Optical Engine – CBT-LGA-5019. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 19 gram actuation force per pin and cycle life of 125,000 insertions. The self inductance of the […]

Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new BGA socket addressing high performance requirements for Multi-Chip Package – CBT-BGA-6093. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 31 gram actuation force per ball and cycle life of 125,000 insertions. The self inductance of the contactor is 0.88 nH, insertion loss < 1 dB at 15.7 GHz and contact resistance is […]

EAGAN, MN – September, 2019 – HSIO Technologies and Ironwood Electronics are pleased to announce that exciting Technology Licensing and Operations agreements have been executed between the two Companies to support the Semiconductor Test Socket marketplace. In the first phase of what is expected to be a long-term technology partnership, Ironwood Electronics will engineer, manufacture, […]

Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high performance elastomer socket for 0.5mm pitch BGA package. The CG15-BGA-1003 socket is designed for a 10mmx5.7mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 40 GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss (GSSG configuration). The contact resistance is typically 20 milliohms per pin. Network analyzer reflection […]

Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high performance BGA socket for 1mm pitch BGA 896 pin Xilinx IC. The CG-BGA-4027 socket is designed for 31x31mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 27GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss. The socket is designed with easy open clamshell lid mechanism enhances user experience […]

Take advantage of the low cost SI simulation offered by Ironwood Electronics, Inc. Impedance mismatch in contacts in test sockets can affect the signal integrity (SI) performance when testing high-speed semiconductor ICs. This discontinuity is mainly caused by mechanical features in interconnects/contactors that may result in impedance change. The signal integrity analysis of high-speed electronic […]