Patent ID: 6433562
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A probe test assembly for facilitating probing of a device under test of a system board under temporary system testing, the system board having a stiffener mounted thereto, said probe test assembly comprising:a frame having fastening means for temporarily attaching said frame to the stiffener of the system board, said frame having an access opening for allowing access therethrough to an area of interest on the system board; a pattern plate having a plurality of guide holes therethrough and accessible through said access opening of said frame, said pattern plate comprised of an insulating material, said plurality of guide holes providing a pattern of probe interconnection sites; an electrically conductive probe plate having a plurality of probe holes therethrough which are aligned with said guide holes in said pattern plate, the pattern plate fastened to the probe plate and the probe plate fastened to the frame; a ground pin disposed in one of said probe holes in said probe plate, said ground pin being electrically connected to said probe plate and extending from said one of said probe holes in said probe plate; and wherein during use of said probe test assembly said probe holes are positioned relative to the device under test on said system board for probing a signal thereon, and said ground pin is located for electrical connection of said ground pin to a ground of the system board.