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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1990

Filed:

Mar. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:

Guenter Doemens, Holzkirchen, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350358 ; 250578 ; 307117 ;
Abstract

A selection device for reliable selection of a plurality of lines or of a plurality of contact locations. In order to select at least two of a plurality of lines, at least two selection lines are connected to every line via a photoresistor, whereby every photoresistor is preferably controllably chargeable with light via a deflectable beam. The selection occurs when selected photoresistors are changed to a low resistance state by light impingement. For selecting at least two of a plurality of contact locations arranged in a grid pattern, the contact locations are connected to the lines via photoresistors. The device of the present invention is preferably utilized for the electrical function testing of printed circuit boards.


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