Patent ID: 6522162
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G01R

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