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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2003
Chris R. Jacobsen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Phillip A. Driggers, Loveland, CO (US);
John E. Siefers, Loveland, CO (US);
Brent W. Thordarson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Chris R. Jacobsen, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Phillip A. Driggers, Loveland, CO (US);
John E. Siefers, Loveland, CO (US);
Brent W. Thordarson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A fixture assembly is presented. The fixture assembly includes a device interface assembly for mating with a device under test and a tester interface assembly for mating with the device interface assembly on one side and a tester on a second side. In the method and apparatus of the present invention, the device interface assembly includes a probe field specific to a device under test and may be changed to accommodate a different device, without changing the tester interface assembly. The tester interface assembly includes a custom electronic module and a standardized electronic module, which are both coupled to a PCB interface in the tester interface assembly. As such, both standardized and specialized test may be modified and changed without redesigning the tester interface assembly.