Ironwood Electronics continues to design and manufacture new Grypper test sockets for the latest releases of memory devices: low power double data rate random access memory 5 (LPDDR5).
A new Grypper socket (part number GR1032-0001) allows testing of the newest generation LPDDR5 devices that have 315 Ball — 0.7 mm x 0.8 mm pitch, with speeds up to 6400 Mb/s. The LPDDR5 Grypper socket fits to the same location/PCB footprint as the device, allowing development and failure analysis.
To connect, simply insert into the socket by pressing on top of the device; no lid is required. The unique geometry of the contact grips onto the solder balls of the device. To remove the device, a simple extraction tool 
Source: Ironwood Electronicscan be used to pop it back out of the socket, which is now ready to install another device.
This Grypper socket has excellent electrical performance of -1dB insertion loss up to 40.0 GHz. Force required to insert a device is 45 grams/contact. The socket is sold in three configurations: sockets with a ROHS solder ball (SAC 305) replicates the device. The socket configured with a tin-lead solder ball allows easy reflow/attachment onto a PCB that already has components mounted. The lower melting temperature of the tin-lead solder will not affect any adjacent components that might be close to the target area where the socket is to be placed. The socket can also be purchased with no solder balls in a version that requires the use of a 0.2 mm thick stencil for the correct amount of solder paste, allowing any type of solder paste the customer's lab might use for attachment.
Pricing for the GR1032-001 is $594 at a quantity of four to 10 with reduced pricing available depending on quantity required.
