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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:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1992
Timothy A Figge, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an adapter for electrically connecting an electronic probe to an electronic device. A pair of jaws are slidably mounted on rails. Teeth protrude from the jaws in a position to engage the gaps between the leads of a fine pitch integrated circuit chip. A flex circuit has traces connecting exposed contacts on one end, which exposed contacts are located between the teeth. The contacts have the same pitch as the chip leads. A wire-filled elastomer is located over the exposed contacts. A screw passing through threaded bores in the jaws, draws the jaws toward each other, urging the teeth into the gaps to self-align the adapter, and compressing the elastomer, so that the wires in it connect each chip lead to one of the exposed contacts. A probe may be connected to a selected lead by connecting it to the appropriate through-hole.
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