Smiths Interconnect's Celsius contact takes advantage of a slightly longer signal path to offer significant advantages in compliance, temperature handling, and current carrying capacity. A self-contained contact, Celsius uses an elastomer only for compliance to the load board and is not repeatedly cycled. This allows the contact to be used at much higher (and lower) temperatures with no change in contact force or reliability. Celsius also has spring probe-like compliance. This can be an advantage in multi-site applications, where nest-to-nest discoplanarity causes yield disparities between sites