Patent ID: 6222378
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A probing adapter for a Ball-Grid-Array package comprising:an elongate body having a centrally disposed slotted region formed therein with one end of the body having an aperture formed therein that extends to the slotted region;a slider positioned in the slotted region and movable from a first position to a second position;an electrically conductive plunger having one end attached to the slider and having sufficient length to allow movement of the other end from inside the elongate body to outside the elongate body;an electrical contact electrically coupled to the plunger having a portion thereof exposed outside of the elongate body; anda removable electrode having one end mechanically and electrically connected to the plunger with the electrode extending through the aperture in the elongate body to expose the other end of the electrode outside of the body for making electrical contact with a solder ball contact of the Ball-Grid-Array package.