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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. 16, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bobby J Self, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324754 ; 324755 ; 324757 ; 324760 ;
Abstract
A test probe assembly for testing integrated circuit (IC) packages mounted onto a ball grid array is described. The test probe assembly can also be used to interconnect test instrumentation to the ball grid array without removal from the circuit in which it is mounted and with a minimal impact on the performance of the circuit. Contacts on the test probe assembly make electrical contact to test traces fabricated on the top side of the ball grid array package.