Patent ID: 11860221
Assignee: AEHR TEST SYSTEMS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus for testing integrated circuits of devices, comprising:
at least one frame;
a holder for a device, secured to the frame;
a contactor support structure held by the frame;
a plurality of terminals, held by the contactor support structure within an inner area of the contactor support structure, for contacting respective contacts of a device under test;
a plurality of interfaces on the contactor support structure, each interface having at least one row of contacts for contacting a respective terminal of a connector, a combined length of the rows being more than a length of a periphery of the inner area; and
a plurality of conductors, held by the contactor support structure, connecting the contacts of the interfaces and the terminals on the contactor support structure to one another;
a plurality of terminals held by the support structure, the holder and support structure being movable relative to one another so that each one of the terminals releasably makes contact with a respective contact of the device;
a power source;
a power electrical path connecting the power source to a power terminal of the terminals held by the contactor support structure;
a signal source; and, a plurality of signal electrical paths, each connecting the signal source to a respective signal terminal of the terminals held by the contactor support structure.