Patent ID: 6420888
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An interface module for situation between (a) a tester mechanism having multiple electrical tester contacts for carrying electrical test signals and (b) a device-side board having multiple electrical device-side contacts for connection to external electrical leads of an electronic device under test, the module comprising:a tester-side body comprising at least five physically separate generally wedge-shaped tester-side portions laterally arranged so that their tips are directed generally toward one another, each tester-side portion having multiple tester-side openings suitable for being positioned respectively opposite corresponding ones of the tester contacts; a device-side body having multiple device-side openings suitable for being positioned respectively opposite the device-side contacts; and multiple electrical interface conductors, each extending through one of the tester-side openings and through a corresponding one of the device-side openings for electrically connecting one of the tester contacts to a corresponding one of the device-side contacts.