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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
Applicant:
Gregory S. Hill, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gregory S. Hill, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verigy IPco, Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article of manufacture may include a dielectric having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface provides a planar surface corresponding to a mating surface of test equipment. The bottom surface has a relief pattern that is formed to straddle components extending above a surface of a load board for a circuit tester. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus that use this and other dielectric plates to mate test equipment to a load board of a circuit tester.