Patent ID: 7046027

Claim:
An interface for an automatic test system having contacts through which test signals may be coupled to or from circuitry within the tester, the interface comprising: a first component having a first side and a second side comprising: a plurality of contacts formed on each of the first side and the second side, the plurality of contacts on the first side positioned to be electronically coupled to the contacts on the automatic test system; circuitry having a plurality of input and outputs, with each input and each output connected to a contact on the second side; a second component having a first side and a second side, the second component comprising: a plurality of contacts on the first side; a plurality of probes on the second side; a first plurality of conducting members each positioned to interconnect at least two contacts formed on the second side of the first component, whereby at least two of the inputs or outputs of the circuitry are coupled through each of the second plurality of conducting members; and a second plurality of electrically conducting members, each connecting a contact on the second side of the first component to a contact on the first side of the second component.