Patent ID: 7518356

Claim:
Apparatus for testing System-In-Package (SIP) devices carried in a JEDEC standard device processing tray having a plurality of SIP device receiving cells arranged in a matrix arrangement comprising one or more first predetermined number of rows and one or more second predetermined number of columns, each said SIP device having a plurality of electrical contacts disposed in a predetermined arrangement, said apparatus comprising: a JEDEC standard tray receiving apparatus, said receiving apparatus comprising a plurality of tray aligners to align said tray into a predetermined position to account for dimensional tolerances of said tray; a test assembly proximate said tray receiving apparatus, said assembly comprising: a plurality of test circuits corresponding in number to the number of cells in said tray, a plurality of groups of test contacts, each or said group of said test contacts being coupled to one of said test circuits and being oriented to engage said plurality of electrical contacts of a SIP device disposed in a corresponding one of said cells, said plurality of test circuits being operable to simultaneously, electrically test a predetermined number of said SIP devices in a JEDEC standard tray engaged by said receiving apparatus without removing said SIP devices from said tray.