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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Edwin Flecha, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kelvin D Henry, Boca Raton, FL (US);
James C Mahlbacher, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Michael Servedio, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kenneth S Weinaug, Lilburn, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing circuit boards uses a pair of probes to contact the various nodes on the circuit board. A single one of the pair of probes may be used to deposit a charge at a being tested net and checking for the presence of a charge at subsequent nets to determine whether a short condition exists. Moreover, the pair of probes is used to contact two nodes of a network being tested to measure the resistance within the network being tested; the measured resistance being compared to a nominal resistance, to determine whether an open condition exists. In addition, the pair of probes may be used to measure the resistance between networks in order to verify or determine whether a short condition exists between networks.