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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2004
David M. Audette, Colchester, VT (US);
David L. Gardell, Fairfax, VT (US);
John F. Hagios, Williston, VT (US);
Christopher L. Sullivan, Colchester, VT (US);
David M. Audette, Colchester, VT (US);
David L. Gardell, Fairfax, VT (US);
John F. Hagios, Williston, VT (US);
Christopher L. Sullivan, Colchester, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing, the apparatus including: a probe array mounted on an inner portion of a gimbaled bearing, the inner portion of the gimbaled bearing having a spherical surface defined by a surface of a first sphere between two parallel small circles of the first sphere, a radius of the first sphere centered on a point on a top surface of the probe array; and an outer portion of the gimbaled bearing, the outer portion of the gimbaled bearing having a spherical surface defined by the surface of a second sphere between two parallel small circles of the second sphere, a radius of the second sphere centered on the point on the top surface of the probe array.