Patent ID: 6242932
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G01R,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
In a test system for testing a semiconductor component having an array of contact balls and including a socket having a plurality of contacts configured to electrically engage the contact balls, an interposer constructed to configure the socket for testing components having different arrays of contact balls, the interposer comprising:a base comprising an array of external contact balls configured for mating electrical engagement with the contacts on the socket; andan interconnect on the base comprising an array of interconnect contacts more closely spaced than, and in electrical communication with the external contact balls on the base, and configured to electrically engage the contact balls on the component;the interposer interchangeable with a second interposer substantially similar thereto but adapted to configure the socket for electrical communication with a second component having an array of second contact balls.