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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Kenneth P. Parker, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Ronald J. Peiffer, Loveland, CO (US);
Glen E. Leinbach, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Kenneth P. Parker, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Ronald J. Peiffer, Loveland, CO (US);
Glen E. Leinbach, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A test access point structure for accessing test points of a printed circuit board and method of fabrication thereof is presented. In an x-, y-, z-coordinate system where traces are printed along an x-y plane, the z-dimension is used to implement test access point structures. Each test access point structure is conductively connected to a trace at a test access point directly on top of the trace and along the z axis of the x-, y-, z-coordinate system above an exposed surface of the printed circuit board to be accessible for electrical probing by an external device.