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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Kenneth P. Parker, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Chris R. Jacobsen, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Myron J. Schneider, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Kenneth P. Parker, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Chris R. Jacobsen, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Myron J. Schneider, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for enabling testing of electrical paths through a circuit assembly is presented. The device may include a non-contact connector test probe for a testing a connector of the circuit assembly. A method for testing continuity of electrical paths through a circuit assembly is presented. In the method, one or more nodes of the circuit assembly are stimulated, connector pins of a connector on the circuit assembly are capacitively coupled to a non-contact connector test probe, and an electrical characteristic is measured by a tester coupled to the non-contact connector test probe to determine continuity of electrical paths through the circuit assembly.