Patent ID: 6538461
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A system for testing integrated passive components in a printed circuit board, the system comprising:two or more movable test probes; a processor, a carrier medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: position a first test probe to electrically connect said first test probe to a first conductive plane of a printed circuit board, wherein said first conductive plane is electrically connected to a first terminal of a first component and a first terminal of a second component; position a second test probe to electrically connect said second test probe to a second terminal of said first component, wherein said second terminal of said first component is electrically isolated from a second terminal of said second component; measure an electrical characteristic of said first component; reposition said second test probe to electrically connect said second test probe to said second terminal of said second component; and measure an electrical characteristic of said second component.