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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:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H Pincus, Andover, MA (US);
Calvin S Winroth, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
GenRad, Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 324 731 ; 371 226 ;
Abstract
An automatic circuit tester (10) includes a scanner bus (50) that includes series of signal-path links (70A-H, 72A-H) and connectors (51) into which scanner boards (46, 47) are plugged. Each scanner board includes switches (74A-H, 76A-H, and 78A-H) that in different states can (i) connect together the links on opposite sides of the scanner board so as to forward signals along the link sequence and (ii) connect the link on one side to an instrument (18) or system pin (24) while isolating the link on the other side from the first link and the instrument or system pin.