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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 1/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/0466 (2013.01); G01R 1/07371 (2013.01); G01R 31/2889 (2013.01); G01R 31/286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reduced pin count (RPC) device includes an electrical circuitry in a package with uniformly distributed leads, a subset of the leads being electrically disconnected form the circuitry. A contactor pin block with sockets corresponding to the uniformly distributed leads has the sockets corresponding to the leads with electrical connections filled with test pins suitable for contacting respective leads, and the sockets corresponding to the electrically disconnected leads voided of test pins. Dummy plugs are inserted into the voided sockets to block the sockets and prevent accidental insertions of test pins.