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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Don G. Craven, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Joe A. Harrison, Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ;
Abstract
In order to make a connection to a test bus on a printed circuit board within a system or platform for the purpose of testing circuits within the system, a regular pattern of contact points which are coupled to the circuits to be tested are formed on the printed circuit board. The contact points are contacted with a plurality of spring loaded contacts, supported in a pattern which is the same as the pattern of contact points, with the spring loaded contacts being coupled to test equipment for testing the circuits.