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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matteo Cocchini, Long Island, NY (US);
Michael A. Cracraft, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Khaalid P. J. McMillan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
John G. Torok, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a carrier base and one or more contact elements coupled to a portion of the carrier base. The one or more contact elements are configured to sense an electrical signal flowing through at least one electrical component in a circuitry under test. The first contact element of the one or more contact elements comprises a power sense conductor extending from a bottom surface of the first contact element toward a top surface of the first contact element and a ground conductor electrically isolated from the power sense conductor.