Patent ID: 7307427

Claim:
A device for testing continuity of electrical paths through an integrated circuit socket of a circuit assembly, the integrated circuit socket comprising a first set of socket electrical contacts and a second set of socket electrical contacts positioned such that the first set of socket electrical contacts would have insufficient capacitive coupling to the second set of socket electrical contacts to allow accurate measurement by a capacitive sensing probe when stimulated by a known test signal, the device comprising: a first set of interposer electrical contacts configured to mate with the first set of socket electrical contacts when the interposer is mated with the integrated circuit socket; a second set of interposer electrical contacts configured to mate with the second set of socket electrical contacts when the interposer is mated with the integrated circuit socket; and conductive material routed to capacitively couple one or more of the first set of interposer electrical contacts to one or more of the second set of interposer electrical contacts, the conductive material providing, between the one or more of the first set of interposer electrical contacts and the one or more of the second set of interposer electrical contacts, one or more known capacitances that are detectable by the capacitive sensing probe.