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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Gary W. Griffin, San Jose, CA (US);
Myngoc T. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary A. Wells, Fremont, CA (US);
Carl R. Gore, San Jose, CA (US);
John W. Joy, Paradise, CA (US);
Chris A. Shmatovich, Oroville, CA (US);
NPTest, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A test system includes (a) a tester mechanism ( and ) having tester contacts ( ) for carrying test signals, (b) an interface module ( ), and (c) a device-side board ( ) having device-side contacts ( ) for connection to external leads of an electronic device ( ) under test. The interface module contains a tester-side body ( ) having tester-side openings ( ) for being positioned opposite the tester contacts, a device-side body ( ) having device-side openings ( ) for being positioned opposite the device-side contacts, and interface conductors ( ) extending through the tester-side and device-side openings for connecting the tester contacts to the device-side contacts. The tester body is configured, typically as at least five wedge-shaped portions ( ), in such a manner as to enable the electronic device under test to have an increased number of external leads.