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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Roy J. Henson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
A. Nicholas Sporck, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roy J. Henson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
A. Nicholas Sporck, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A contactor device comprising a plurality of probes disposed to contact ones of the electronic devices can be electrically connected to a source of test signals. A switch can be activated electrically connecting a connection to the source of test signals to a selected one of a first group of electrically connected ones of the probes disposed to contact a first set of a plurality of the electronic devices or a second group of electrically connected ones of the probes disposed to contact a second set of a plurality of the electronic devices.