BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to an electrical contact for use with an electronic package having circuit pads thereon, and particularly to the contact having two soldering pads joined together via a solder ball thereunder.

2. Description of Related Arts

The traditional contact for use with an electronic package, e.g., the CPU (Central Processing Unit), essentially includes an upper spring arm for contacting the CPU, and a soldering pad with a solder ball thereon for mounting to a printed circuit board. Anyhow, a single soldering pad may result in a relatively large capacitive effect, thus increasing the signal loss in the high frequency transmission.

It is desired to provide an electrical contact with a lower capacitive effect.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To achieve the above object, an electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways extending through opposite upper and lower surfaces of the housing. A plurality of electrical contacts are received within the corresponding passageways, respectively. Each contact includes a first main body and a second main body side by side arranged with each other with a bridge transversely linked therebetween. At least one of the first main body and the second main body includes a retaining barb for retaining the contact in the passageway. One spring arm extends from one end of one of the first main body and the second main body with a contacting section for mating with the CPU. Two soldering pads are formed on the corresponding bottom ends of the first main body and the second main body, respectively. The two soldering pads intimately confront each other either in a horizontal direction or in a vertical direction, and are joined together via a solder ball located under the two soldering pads.

Other advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

