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6081124 Testing unit for connector testing  
A testing unit is provided for mounting on a connector testing device for testing a connector which includes a plurality of metal terminals fastened to the connector by a lance system. A probe pin...
6079989 Electrical connection device having electrical connection members with a tubular body and a sliding tip  
An electrical connection device for electrically connecting an electronic component of the type having electrical connection points. The electrical connection device includes electrical connection...
6078187 Hemispherical test head for integrated circuit tester employing radially distributed circuit cards  
A test head for an integrated circuit tester includes a set of wedge-shaped node cards, one for each terminal of the integrated circuit device under test (DUT). Each node card holds circuits for...
6069481 Socket for measuring a ball grid array semiconductor  
A ball grid array semiconductor measuring socket is provided in which a contact pressure force to a solder ball is generated in the direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal direction...
6066957 Floating spring probe wireless test fixture  
A test fixture for a printed circuit board having a pattern of test probes and a fixed probe plate and a top plate adapted for movement toward and away from the probe plate. The probe plate and the...
6054869 Bi-level test fixture for testing printed circuit boards  
A bi-level test fixture for testing printed circuit boards is provided. A series of guide pins emanate downwardly from the diaphragm board through corresponding guide pin apertures present through...
6051982 Electronic component test apparatus with rotational probe and conductive spaced apart means  
A test apparatus including at least one probe member precisely aligned using two spaced apart means (e.g., thin layers) such that the probe can effectively engage a conductor (e.g., solder ball) on...
6050829 Making discrete power connections to a space transformer of a probe card assembly  
By segregating at least a substantial portion of the power connections to the space transformer component (506, 700, 800) from the signal connections thereto, constraints on the interposer...
6049217 Thermally enhanced test contactor  
A test contactor having a heat slug for removing heat from an electronic device engaging the contactor. The heat slug is positioned in the test contactor so that a thermally conductive surface of...
6043667 Substrate tester location clamping, sensing, and contacting method and apparatus  
A substrate tester and method of testing are disclosed in which the tester moves a substrate to be tested into a precise location within the tester prior to making contact with fragile tester pins....
6043669 Wireless test fixture  
A printed circuit board test fixture includes a plurality of flexible printed circuits having circuit traces on one side for interconnecting the test probe pin assemblies of the fixture with the...
6040701 Thin profile vertically oriented probe adapter  
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...
6037787 High performance probe interface for automatic test equipment  
A probe interface device is disclosed that includes a plurality of coaxial contact probe assemblies disposed in an insulative base. Each coaxial contact probe assembly includes a solid tubular...
6034532 Resilient connector having a tubular spring  
A resilient connector uses a spring made from a cylindrical tube. The wall of the tube is cut in a helix along the central portion of the tube to form the spring. One or more plungers within the...
6031383 Probe station for low current, low voltage parametric measurements using multiple probes  
A probe station has probe manipulators with probe supports disposed around a cover assembly with an inspection opening. Each probe support has a vertical tube extending through an opening in the...
6025732 Reusable die carrier for burn-in and burn-in process  
A reusable carrier 10 for temporarily holding an integrated circuit 12 during burn-in and electrical test includes a base 14 and a lid 16 attached to the base 14 by hinges 18. A flexible substrate...
6020747 Electrical contact probe  
The present invention is directed to an electrical contact probe, comprising at least one fiber mounted in a holder, the at least one fiber having high electrical conductivity and high mechanical...
6005405 Probe plate assembly for high-node-count circuit board test fixtures  
A probe plate assembly for use in a circuit board test fixture is disclosed. First and second plates are mounted substantially parallel to one another and with a space between them. Probe pins are...
5990696 Test fixture with self contained shorting means for testing small scale test packs  
A printed circuit board tester has a pattern of test probes on a base upon which a translator fixture is mounted. The translator fixture includes a plurality of essentially parallel and vertically...
5990697 Electroconductive contact unit having compression spring with normally and coarsely wound segments  
In an electroconductive contact unit including a pair of needle members projecting from either end of a holder arrangement, and an electroconductive compression coil spring interposed therebetween...
5982186 Contactor for test applications including membrane carrier having contacts for an integrated circuit and pins connecting contacts to test board  
A method and apparatus are provided for integrated circuit testing applications. One aspect of the invention is a contactor (10) for test applications. The contactor (10) comprises a membrane...
5977783 Multilayer probe for measuring electrical characteristics  
A probe structure containing a contact part (2) formed on one side (1a) of an insulating substrate (1), a conductive circuit (3) formed on the other side (1b) of the insulating substrate (1),...
5974662 Method of planarizing tips of probe elements of a probe card assembly  
A probe card assembly includes a probe card, a space transformer having resilient contact structures (probe elements) mounted directly to (i.e., without the need for additional connecting wires or...
5977787 Large area multiple-chip probe assembly and method of making the same  
A multiple-chip probe assembly suitable for wafer testing over a wide temperature range includes a plurality of individual buckling beam probe elements. A support structure supports the plurality...
5977786 Adapter including solid body  
An adapter for adapting a uniform contact grid of an electrical testing device for testing printed circuit boards to an irregular contact configuration of connection points on a printed circuit...
5968282 Mechanism and method for cleaning probe needles  
A cleaning mechanism and method for cleaning the probe needles of a probe card used for the inspection of the electric characteristics of a wafer W. This mechanism is provided with a soft cleaner...
5969533 Probe card and LSI test method using probe card  
A probe card which solves a problem involved in conventional probe cards in that the yield of the LSIs is reduced because non-defectives can be misjudged as defectives, which is due to failure of...
5966023 Rapid action engagement interface connection system  
A rapid action engagement interface connection system includes a receiver electrically connected to the device under test and including at least one receiver electrical connector. The receiver...
5963039 Testing attachment reliability of devices  
An apparatus for testing the attachment reliability of a device mounted at least by an electrically conducting joint to a surface of a circuit board is provided. The apparatus includes an...
5955888 Apparatus and method for testing ball grid array packaged integrated circuits  
An apparatus and method for testing ball grid array integrated circuits (BGA ICs) including a nesting member resiliently supported on a contactor body via guide shafts. The nesting member includes...
5952843 Variable contact pressure probe  
A wafer probe system includes a plurality of vertical-parallel probe pins having a spring formed in a center portion thereof to provide a contact force control area. The spring being formed...
5945838 Apparatus for testing circuit boards  
Apparatus for electrically testing a connector includes a plurality of contact posts (i.e., connector pins) partially surrounded by a sidewall defining an opening adjacent ends of the posts. In one...
5945837 Interface structure for an integrated circuit device tester  
An interface structure for providing connections between integrated circuit (IC) devices and a device tester. The interface structure includes a printed circuit board having one or more groups of...
5942906 Interface system utilizing engagement mechanism  
A connection interface system positions and electrically connects a testing device to a device under test. The testing device exercises and tests the device under test. The connection interface...
5939893 Contact probe arrangement for functional electrical testing  
A contact probe arrangement for electrical functional testing, including a first stack of perforated plates, a second stack of perforated plates and a plurality of contact probes. The probes are in...
5939892 Circuit board testing fixture  
A circuit board testing fixture is provided having a top plate spaced apart from a bottom plate and each of the plates having an array of holes for receiving test probes and support rails...
5936421 Coaxial double-headed spring contact probe assembly and coaxial surface contact for engagement therewith  
An electrical test probe assembly for loaded board testing includes a housing having a hollow interior, and first and second opposite shields positioned and axially slidable in the housing and...
5933019 Circuit board testing switch  
An electro-mechanical reed relay in-circuit test fixture switch is inserted onto a wrapped wire pin extending from the bottom of a socket holding a spring-loaded nail inside a bed-of-nails or...
5929649 Method and apparatus for electrical parasitic measurement of pin grid array  
The present method and apparatus for electrically characterizing a pin grid array includes a plurality of conductive caps which may be removably fitted over chosen pins of the pin grid array, and a...
5926028 Probe card having separated upper and lower probe needle groups  
A probe card comprises a base having a frame portion to define an opening portion therein and having a lower surface, and first and second resin fixing portions mounted on the lower surface of the...
5923176 High speed test fixture  
A high speed test fixture for testing printed circuit board (PCB)-mounted high speed pin grid array (PGA) chips attaches to the solder side (underside) of the PCB to eliminate the need for...
5917329 Substrate tester having shorting pad actuator method and apparatus  
An electrical contacting apparatus for testing a substrate (54) and having a principal axis includes an electrical contact pad, a guide plate (106), a supporting bridge (132), and a mechanism for...
5909124 Apparatus and method for testing a circuit board  
Apparatus for testing an electrical circuit having: a base for receiving a printed circuit board carrying the electrical circuit, wherein the base section includes a plurality of test pins for...
5903161 Electrically conductive rod-shaped single crystal product and assembly for measuring electrical properties employing such product, as well as processes for their production  
An electrically conductive rod-shaped single crystal product, which is a rod-shaped single crystal having an aspect ratio of from 1 to 500, formed by a vapor-liquid-solid method or such a...
5900738 Contact structure device for interconnections, interposer, semiconductor assembly and package using the same and method  
An interconnection contact structure assembly including an electronic component having a surface and a conductive contact carried by the electronic component and accessible at the surface. The...
5898314 Translator fixture with force applying blind pins  
A translator fixture for a printed circuit board tester has a pattern of test probes on a base upon which the translator fixture is mounted. The translator fixture includes a plurality of...
5898313 Test fixture for two sided circuit boards  
A test interface between a two sided circuit board to be tested and a test controller and it generally includes an upper and a lower test fixture each including personality plates having bores for...
5889407 Press assembly for electrically testing a printed circuit board having an exchangeable lower adapter  
A press assembly for electrically testing at least one side of a printed circuit board has an upper part and a lower part, a constant gauge grid with spring contacts, an exchangeable lower adapter...
5883519 Deflection device  
A deflection device having a longitudinal configuration is fixed at one of its ends to a base supporting structure and is responsive to a first electrical signal from a control network to move the...
5883520 Retention of test probes in translator fixtures  
A printed circuit board testing fixture employs a preformed plastic screen for retaining the test fixture translator pins.