Patent ID: 6776662
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An adapter for attaching a connector having a plurality of pads for interfacing with a plurality of pads on a device under test, the adapter comprising:a carrier having a plurality of voids formed therein in a pattern matching a pattern of pads on the connector, said voids traversing from a first surface to a second surface of the carrier; and at least one electrical component embedded in at least one void, said at least one electrical component forming a first adapter pad on the first surface of the carrier for contacting a pad on the connector and a second adapter pad on the second surface of the carrier for contacting a pad on the device under test, whereby the electrical component electrically serially connects the corresponding pad on the device under test to the corresponding pad on the connector when the adapter is interposed between the connector and the device under test.