Sockets for ICs, Transistors - Adapters

- Aries is the recognized leading manufacturer of Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) Test Sockets for DIP, PGA, PLCC and SOIC sockets, and continues to be a significant source for a wide variety of specialty electronic connectors. Our corporate objective is to continue to grow within the electronic packaging area, further establishing our position as a major international connector manufacturer.

- Logical Systems Corporation has been in business since 1982 and has designed and manufactured adapters since 1987. We offer IC programming adapters, emulator adapters, prototyping adapters, SMT to through hole package converters and test sockets. We offer custom design services for all IC packages. We operate in-house design and production facilities and offer some chip programming and assembly services. We have distributors in over 30 countries worldwide and our products can be purchased through Infinity-Semiconductor.com within the U.S.

- 3M offers innovative solutions to the electronics industry and is a leading manufacturer of interconnect solutions for board-to-board, wire-to-board, backplane and input/output (I/O) applications. These include 3M™ Wiremount Insulation Displacement Contact (IDC) Connectors, Mini Delta Ribbon (MDR) I/O System, Mini-Clamp Discrete Wire System, MetPak™ High Speed Hard Metric (HSHM) and the new Ultra Hard Metric (UHM) Backplane Connectors. Using industry leading capabilities in CAD - such as NX™ and SLA modeling - 3M's experienced engineers turn ideas into real world solutions. 3M offers solutions for printed circuit board fabrication, board assembly and test, such as adhesives and tapes, embedded capacitor materials, Textool™ Test and Burn-in Sockets, carrier and cover tapes and trays, flexible circuits, and products for reducing electrostatic discharge. 3M also offers solutions for shielding from EMI/RFI, for thermal management and vibration damping, as well as for packaging and labeling. For more information on 3M's involvement with the electronics industry, visit www.3M.com/electronics. For interconnect solutions, visit www.3Mconnector.com. 3M, MetPak and Textool are trademarks of 3M Company. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.