Patent ID: 7135704

Claim:
A VCSEL settling test fixture for simultaneously testing a plurality of VCSEL chip packages inside a testing chamber having a remote pendant controller, each of the VCSEL chip packages comprising a discharge array and a flexible circuit wherein the discharge array is operably connected to the flexible circuit and the flexible circuit includes a plurality of wire traces interconnected to a plurality of activation pads, the fixture comprising: a mounting frame, the mounting frame comprised of a dielectric substrate with a first side and an opposing second side, the first side including a plurality of segmented recesses wherein each segmented recess includes a throughbore, each segmented recess adapted to accommodate a one of the VCSEL chip packages and align the discharge array of said one VCSEL chip package with the throughbore, the second side including a plurality of terminal blocks operably connected to the remote pendant controller, each of the terminal blocks in proximity to the throughbore; and an activation system operably connected to each terminal block of the second side so as to selectively trigger the VCSEL chip package disposed on the first side.