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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milton L Buschbom, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324755 ; 324761 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for integrated circuit testing applications. One aspect of the invention is a contactor (10) for test applications. The contactor (10) comprises a membrane carrier (12) having at least one contact (16) on the surface of the carrier (12) electrically connected to at least one terminal (18) on the carrier (12). A pin (14) is metallically bonded to the terminal (18).