Patent ID: 6838898

Claim:
An apparatus for testing a circuit assembly including a plurality of test pads comprising: a test fixture base comprising a plurality of conductive pins having contact surfaces defining a first plane, the conductive pins free of electrical contact with resilient compression elements; a test fixture plate in a plane substantially parallel to said first plane, comprising a plurality of compliant pressure pins, the compliant pressure pins substantially aligned with the conductive pins; each conductive pin having a main pin axis and a contact surface for contacting a pad on the circuit assembly, said main pin axis substantially normal to the circuit assembly; each compliant pressure pin having a main pressure pin axis and a pressure surface, said compliant pressure pin having a resilient compression element, wherein the pressure surfaces and the respective contact surfaces are moveable in relation to each other to force the circuit assembly pad onto the contact surface of said conductive pins allowing a test current to pass directly through said conductive pins without passing through resilient compression elements.