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Patent No.:

US 11156638 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2018

Contactors with signal pins, ground pins, and short ground pins

Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kay Chan Tong, Plano, TX (US);

Hisashi Ata, Murphy, TX (US);

Thiha Shwe, Murphy, TX (US);

Felix Martinez, Stockton, CA (US);

Jonathan Hsu, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorneys:

Ronald O. Neerings

Charles A. Brill

Frank D. Cimino

Primary Examiner:

Neel D Shah

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 1/073 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/02 (2006.01); H01L 23/13 (2006.01); H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01L 23/66 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/07307 (2013.01); G01R 1/045 (2013.01); G01R 1/0466 (2013.01); G01R 1/06766 (2013.01); G01R 3/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/2886 (2013.01); H01L 22/14 (2013.01); H01L 23/13 (2013.01); H01L 23/49827 (2013.01); H01L 23/49838 (2013.01); H01L 23/66 (2013.01); H05K 1/0228 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6616 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6655 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10378 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10636 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10734 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system comprises: a contactor having a first surface, a second surface, a first hole, a second hole parallel to the first hole, and a third hole parallel to the first hole; a first signal pin held in the first hole of the contactor, extending to at least the second surface of the contactor, and extending to at least the first surface of the contactor; a first short ground pin held in the second hole of the contactor, extending to at least the second surface of the contactor, and extending within the first surface of the contactor; and a ground pin held in the third hole of the contactor, extending to at least the second surface of the contactor, and extending to at least the first surface of the contactor.

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