Patent ID: 7471100
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. Test equipment comprising: a personal tester including a chassis and a first tester module that is removably installable in the personal tester chassis, wherein the first tester module includes a tester module interface structure for engaging a personal tester device interface board, a production tester including a manipulator and a test head attached to the manipulator, wherein the test head includes a chassis for removably accommodating at least a second tester module and a test head interface structure that is engageable with a tester module interface structure of the second tester module and is also engageable with a production tester device interface board, for coupling the tester module interface of the second tester module to the production tester device interface board, and wherein the first and second tester modules are interchangeable between the personal tester and the test head of the production tester, whereby each of the first and second tester modules is installable selectively either in the test head chassis of the production tester or in the chassis of the personal tester.