Patent ID: 7202693

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a pick-and-place subassembly adapted to pick and place a device under test (DUT) onto a socket, with the pick-and-place subassembly having a press base; a press subassembly coupled to the pick-and-place subassembly, including a mounting plate and one or more lugs extending orthogonally from the mounting plate, with the mounting plate configured to receive a force and the lugs configured to transfer the force orthogonally to a first surface of the press base, to enable the DUT, disposed adjacent to a second surface of the press base opposite the first surface, to achieve a desired contact with the socket; a contact subassembly disposed in between and coupled to the pick-and-place subassembly and the press subassembly, the contact subassembly having one or more protruding contact features designed to movably make contact with the DUT when the press subassembly movably exerts a force on the DUT through the pick-and-place subassembly, the press base of the pick-and-place subassembly having one or more corresponding through-holes to allow the one or more protruding contact features to make the contact.