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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Russel Marquis, Fall City, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324754 ; 324758 ; 324765 ;
Abstract
A probing apparatus for probing a large pin count integrated circuit mounted on a circuit board is disclosed. The probing apparatus uses a mounting block and an interconnecting probe body to provide proper alignment of the probing apparatus to pins or pads of the integrated circuit. Since the probing apparatus can be connected while the integrated circuit to be tested is powered up and operational, the probing apparatus facilitates testing of the integrated circuit in real-time. A method for probing a large pin count integrated circuit is also disclosed.