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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Daniel Lam, San Jose, CA (US);
ADVANTEST CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a modular load board or 'frame' that contains a number of moveable connectors. The moveable connectors can be selectively displaced within the frame, as needed, to mate with test head pogo-pins and can be fixed in place on the frame using screws. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide multiple moveable sockets that can be positioned as needed within the frame so that a quick prototype modular load board can be designed and readily modified, if need be, without requiring hard wired traces within the PCB to connect the DUT socket to the test head interface regions. Using ribbon cables, embodiments of the present disclosure eliminate the need to have any hard wired traces within a PCB load board between the DUT socket and pogo pin interface blocks.