Patent ID: 8912810

Claim:
A contactor assembly for automated testing a device under test (DUT) that includes a plurality of separate electrodes including a first electrode, comprising: a tester load board; a contactor body coupled to said tester load board; a plurality of contactor pins carried by said contactor body comprising a first contactor pin and a second contactor pin that are electrically coupled to said tester load board, wherein said tester load board is configured to couple said plurality of contactor pins to automatic test equipment (ATE) for testing said DUT, wherein said first contactor pin and said second contactor pin are positioned to both contact said first electrode, and wherein a first path to said first contactor pin and a second path to said second contactor pin are electrically shorted together by said contactor assembly to be electrically in parallel to provide redundant paths to said first electrode during said automated testing of said DUT; and a plurality of sleeves attached to said contactor body, and wherein said first contactor in and said second contactor pin are within and shorted together by one of said plurality of sleeves.