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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Leonard A. Roland, Portland, OR (US);
Kathleen F. Ullom, West Linn, OR (US);
Ira G. Pollock, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James E. Spinar, Clackamas, OR (US);
Leonard A. Roland, Portland, OR (US);
Kathleen F. Ullom, West Linn, OR (US);
Ira G. Pollock, Hillsboro, OR (US);
James E. Spinar, Clackamas, OR (US);
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The probe with printed tip consists of a substrate having a plurality of probe tips connected to its end edge, a plurality of test paths, each connected to one of the probe tips and extending along the substrate, and at least one of the test paths including an electrical component adjacent to the test path's probe tip. The electrical component may be a resistor. The probe tips may have a width equal to the thickness of the substrate. The probe tips may consist of a plurality of probe tip layers. The invention also includes a method of probing signals transmitted over target transmission lines on a target board. The disclosure also includes a method of manufacturing the claimed invention.