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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
David Pih, Milpitas, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A test connector for making electrical tests on a disk drive on a high volume manufacturing line. The test connector comprises a high density connector header for electrical connection to a disk drive electrical connector fixed to a printed circuit board (PCB) card having well-separated, large area contact pads electrically connected to the contacts on the connector header. The well-separated, large area contact pads on the test connector provide contact points for test probes from automated testers on the manufacturing line. Use of the test connector with its well-separated, large area contacts increases the reliability of electrical testing procedures with automated testers by reducing accidental shorting between test probes and by increasing contact alignment tolerances.