Active test socket

1. A test socket, comprising:

a test socket body;

a central opening in the test socket body, the central opening configured to receive a device under test (DUT);

at least one arm opening in the test socket body;

at least one rotating arm disposed in the arm opening; and

at least one bridge in the test socket body, the bridge separating a distal portion of the rotating arm from a proximal portion of the rotating arm.

2. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the proximal portion of the rotating arm comprises a sculpted portion configured to contact a corner of the DUT.

3. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the rotating arm is configured to rotate about an axis when pressure is applied to the distal portion, thereby raising the proximal portion above a plane of the central opening.

4. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the test socket comprises two rotating arms disposed at opposing corners of the central opening.

5. The test socket of claim 4 further comprising two static corners disposed at corners of the central opening that do not include the rotating arms.

6. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the test socket comprises four rotating arms disposed at four corners of the central opening.

7. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the test socket comprises a plastic material.

8. The test socket of claim 1 , wherein the rotating arm comprises:

a rotating arm body;

a first axle support structure on the rotating arm body;

at least one second axle support structure on the test socket body; and

an axle disposed in the first and second axle support structures.

9. The test socket of claim 8 , wherein the rotating arm further comprises at least one axle cap affixed to at least one end of the axle.

10. The test socket of claim 8 , wherein the rotating arm further comprises at least one spring.

11. The test socket of claim 10 , wherein a first end of the spring is attached to the rotating arm body and a second end of the spring is attached to the test socket body.

12. The test socket of claim 11 , wherein the second end of the spring is attached to the test socket body at a fixed lock washer.

13. The test socket of claim 8 , wherein the rotating arm body comprises a sculpted end, the sculpted end configured to contact the DUT.

14. A test socket, comprising:

a test socket body;

a central opening in the test socket body, the central opening configured to receive a device under test (DUT);

two arm openings disposed at opposing corners of the central opening in the test socket body;

two rotating arms disposed in the arm openings, each rotating arm comprising a sculpted portion at an end thereof; and

two bridges, each bridge connecting a respective one of the rotating arms to the test socket body and allowing the rotating arms to rotate about the bridges.