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6229330 Contactor floor that holds an IC package to contactor pins within an IC package testing system with minimized solder flaking  
A mechanism for positioning and coupling an integrated circuit package to a system for testing the integrated circuit package with minimized solder flaking. A contactor floor holds the integrated...
6229325 Method and apparatus for burn-in and test of field emission displays  
A method and apparatus which provides for continual monitoring of the electrical and optical performance of one or more field emission display devices while the devices are burned-in is for the...
6222377 Circuit board probe device  
A probe is provided for electrically testing high-density printed circuit boards on a bed of nails test fixture. An elongated probe is provided with a fixed contact point interfacing with the PCB...
6218852 Automated circuit board testing apparatus  
An automated handling apparatus for testing and labeling a printed circuit board. The apparatus comprises a housing having at least one tray exchanger assembly attached thereto. Disposed on the...
6218848 Semiconductor probe card having resistance measuring circuitry and method of fabrication  
A probe card for testing semiconductor wafers, and a method for fabricating the probe card are provided. The probe card is adapted for use with a wafer probe handler, and a tester containing test...
6218851 Method and apparatus for testing a printed circuit  
6211690 Apparatus for electrically testing bare printed circuits  
A testing fixture for microelectronic elements is in the nature of an interposer which is operative for receiving a plurality of test probes. The interposer enables the simultaneous testing of...
6208158 Zero static force assembly for wireless test fixtures  
A wireless assembly for communicating electrical signals between test equipment and a unit under test using contact probes having at a first end a head electrically connected to a test point on the...
6204681 IC device contactor  
An IC device contactor for electrically connecting IC devices each having a large number of spherical electrodes on one side of a substrate to an IC tester head for a test of electrical properties...
6204680 Test socket  
A test socket for an integrated circuit package having an upper housing and a lower housing secured to the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of a load board. The upper housing having a cavity...
6198297 Microcircuit testing device  
A microcircuit testing device, comprising an element for supporting a plurality of probes which are meant to make contact with pads of microcircuits to be tested which are formed on a wafer, the...
6194906 Inspection adapter board for printed board, method for inspecting printed board, and method and apparatus for producing information for fabricating the inspection adapter board  
The invention provides an inspection adapter board for printed board, which has inspection electrodes of a pitch wider than electrodes to be inspected, permits carrying out the necessary inspection...
6194908 Test fixture for testing backplanes or populated circuit boards  
A test fixture for testing backplanes of a printed circuit board having at least one shrouded connector including a translator fixture having a plurality of spaced apart translator plates adapted...
6191597 Printed circuit board test device with test adapter and method for adjusting the latter  
Method and apparatus for setting the contact elements (test pins) of a printed circuit board test device, which are accommodated in one or two test adapters, to the contact points, provided on one...
6191601 Test fixture for matched impedance testing  
A test fixture for matched impedance testing of a printed circuit board having a top plate for supporting the printed circuit board having matched impedance circuit traces extending from test site...
6191600 Scan test apparatus for continuity testing of bare printed circuit boards  
A scan test apparatus for continuity testing of bare printed circuit boards having a first shorting layer and a second shorting layer positioned adjacent a unit under test to electrically short the...
6181149 Grid array package test contactor  
A contactor apparatus used in automatic testing in a manufacturing line includes a site for receiving an electrical device with an array of input/output elements on a surface of the electrical...
6175243 Apparatus and method for assembling test fixtures  
A test fixture assembly apparatus includes a removable loading plate with attached loading towers. The loading towers have guide plate shoulders oriented in a stair step fashion. The test fixture...
6172514 Test probe retainer  
A retainer for a circuit board test probe includes a unitary member in which the test probe is inserted. The retainer may then be plugged into a desired opening in a test fixture plate, with a...
6163160 Adjustable tooling pin  
A tooling pin assembly used with a receiver in a printed circuit board tester is disclosed. The tooling pin assembly includes a locating pin with a core threaded to receive a screw, and a bushing...
6160409 Inspection method of conductive patterns  
An inspection apparatus inspects an electronic circuit board on which a plurality of bonding pads and a plurality of pin pads are connected to each other through conductive patterns. A probe having...
6160412 Impedance-matched interconnection device for connecting a vertical-pin integrated circuit probing device to integrated circuit test equipment  
An interconnection device used with test probe equipment for connecting a vertical-pin integrated circuit probing device to external test equipment. The interconnection device comprises a probe...
6160408 Thin profile vertically oriented probe adapter with code disassembly capability  
An apparatus for providing a probing interface for a circuit under test exhibits a relatively narrow profile and a vertical orientation so that it does not block access to connectors in adjacent...
6157197 Auto-lock type continuity check unit  
A connector receiving member and a test area are provided in a relatively shiftable manner from an engaged state in which a test area engages in a continuity testable manner to a separated state in...
6150830 Test head for microstructures with interface  
A test head for making contact with test points arranged close to one another of an electric component. The test head having a plurality of contact elements which can be connected to a connecting...
6150829 Three-dimensional programmable connector  
A three dimensional programmable connector used in a burn-in test system for manufactured integrated circuits is provided with a plurality of planar electrodes which are selectively connectable to...
6150827 Automatic adjustment method for elimination of the centering error during the electrical test on printed circuit boards  
An automatic adjustment method is described for elimination of the centering error during the electrical test on printed circuit boards, in particular SMT (surface mounting technology) printed...
6144212 Vertical needle type probe card, method of manufacturing thereof, method of replacing defective probe needle and test method of wafer using the probe card  
A main object of the present invention is to provide a vertical needle type probe card which is improved so that necessary needle pressure is obtained even if variation of the probe needles in the...
6140830 Adapter system for component assembly circuit boards, for use in a test device  
The invention relates to a test device for component assembly circuit boards (31), in which this test device includes a plurality of test channels which are contact-connected with respective test...
6137296 Probe card for testing semiconductor devices  
A probe card, used for testing the electric characteristics of semiconductor devices, is disclosed. The probe card has main and subsidiary cards. The main card has a main circuit used for testing...
6129575 Testing system for a connector with a self-sealing connector housing  
A connector testing system includes a bridge clip having a body and at least one test lead having a fixed end connected to the body, a connector having a top portion and a housing having at least...
6130546 Area array (flip chip) probe card  
A method and apparatus for testing an integrated circuit die including a probe card (10) having a plurality of surface mount pads (45) arranged in a pattern (50) substantially corresponding to an...
6129577 Connector testing system having connector latching  
A connector testing system includes a bridge clip having a body and at least one test lead having a fixed end connected to the body and a free end having a projection formed thereon, and a...
6130547 Test apparatus for printed circuit board and assembly kit therefor  
An apparatus for testing integrity of a printed circuit board is provided which employs a probe with moveable and/or fixed needle portions at its ends and a flange, probe retention boards having...
6124722 Universal apparatus for testing printed circuit boards utilizing independently movable needle boards  
A machine for the electric testing a printed circuit board. The machine having a plurality of adjacent coplanar needle board pairs, wherein each of the plurality of coplanar needle board pairs has...
6118289 Cleaning method and cleaning device and cleaning tool for board electrical-test probes, and board electrical-test device and method  
To securely clean dirty material deposited on ends of board electrical-test probes used in a board test device for executing tests including an incircuit test by a cleaning job executed once, the...
6118292 Method and device for correcting misalignment between test needles and test points during electrical testing of printed circuit boards  
A method for correcting misalignment between test needles and test points during multiple electrical tests on printed circuit boards, in which setting up the machine to carry out the test on a...
6111418 Method for building and a structure of a contact end in a contact probe  
In the contact probe 1 having an array of leads 3 densely attached to a surface of an insulative film 2, pressure contact ends are formed by one end of the leads 3 being arranged in an array along...
6104205 Probe with tab retainer  
An electrical contact test probe for use in providing electrical continuity between diagnostic equipment and a test point of an electrical circuit under test is provided. The test probe includes an...
6100707 Apparatus for testing multi-terminal electronic components  
To facilitate the testing of small electronic components, an improved test probe and transport wheel assembly are disclosed. The basic form of the probe features a fixed support body onto which a...
6100709 Silicon wafer testing rig and a method for testing a silicon wafer wherein the silicon wafer is bent into a dome shape  
A wafer testing rig includes a stand, a first contact component, a second contact component and a biasing device. The first contact component is mounted to the stand. The second contact component...
6100708 Probe card and wafer testing method using the same  
A probe needle has one end and the other end. Probe needle has its one end fixed to the bottom surface of a substrate, and extending at a prescribed angle to substrate. A portion of probe needle...
6100815 Compound switching matrix for probing and interconnecting devices under test to measurement equipment  
A compound switching matrix (30) operates in cooperation with a resistance measuring system (20) and a laser (22) to quickly and accurately trim resistors (12) to predetermined values while they...
6097202 Circuit board inspection apparatus and method  
The present invention provides an inexpensive and reliable circuit-board inspection apparatus and method applicable to a densely wired circuit board. A sensor module 50 is disposed on a pad section...
6094061 Automated testing method for electronic circuitry  
A method for testing printed circuit boards (PCBs). The PCBs are initially transported to a reorienting apparatus that aligns the PCBs to accommodate automated test equipment (ATE). The ATE...
6091253 Jig for electrically bridging between a circuit board and a tester during testing of the circuit board  
A jig for testing the printed circuit boards utilizes the adjustable guide members to easily position different sizes of circuit boards on a working plate, wherein the working plate can smoothly...
6087839 Apparatus for testing printed circuit board  
An in-circuit test machine testing a printed circuit board (PCB). The test machine is placed in contact with soldered terminals of circuit components mounted on the printed circuit board and...
6087838 Signal processing circuit for electro-optic probe  
A signal processing circuit is provided for an electro-optic probe, which is used to perform testing of a printed-circuit board of high-speed processing. When laser beams are incident on the...
6087840 Probe card with vertical needle for enabling improved wafer testing and method of manufacturing the same  
An improved probe card with a vertical needle is provided which ensures required needle pressure even when there is a significant variation of probe needles in a height direction. Upper and lower...
6084422 Printed circuit board testing device  
An improved device for testing electrical circuit tracings on a printed circuit board is provided. The device includes a first plate, a second plate and connecting elements for connecting the first...