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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Abhijit V. Mahajan, Bangalore, IN;
Abhijit V. Mahajan, Bangalore, IN;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A grounding scheme for improved high speed probing of a system-under-test ('SUT') using a ground rail positioned on the SUT near each side of a package attached to the SUT having signal access points, whereby each of the ground rails are electrically connected to a ground access point of the SUT. The signal access points may be pins on a conventionally-mounted or surface-mounted package attached to a printed circuit board ('PCB') and may be tested with a probe where the ground pin of the probe is movably connected to each ground rail. The ground rails may also be incorporated within an integrated circuit (“IC”) attached to the SUT.