Patent ID: 6712622
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An adapter for attaching a connector having a plurality of pads to a device under test, the adapter comprising:a carrier cradle wherein opposite major first and second sides have a shape substantially matching the shape of the end of the connector, the carrier cradle being adapted to receive at least one circuit substrate along at least one edge of the first and second sides; a circuit substrate having plurality of pads formed on a first and second edge, the circuit substrate having a plurality of circuits formed on a first side, each circuit connecting a pad on the first edge of the circuit substrate to a pad on the second edge of the circuit substrate, the circuit substrate being supported by the carrier cradle such that the pads on the first edge of the circuit substrate align with the first major side of the carrier cradle and the pads on the second edge of the circuit substrate align with the second major side of the carrier cradle, whereby when the adapter is interposed between the connector and the device under test the circuits electrically connect the device under test to the connector across the thickness of the carrier cradle.