Patent ID: 7522401

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of test pins; a static dissipative layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, having a plurality of openings extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and having a plurality of contact points located at intersections of inner walls of the plurality of openings with the top surface; and a plurality of support features coupled to the static dissipative layer to movably support the static dissipative layer at a first and a second relative position, to enable the contact points of the static dissipative layer to make initial contact with terminals of a component to be tested to discharge any static built up at the terminals of the component while the static dissipative layer is supported at the first relative position, and to enable the static dissipative layer to expose the test pins through the openings to make contact with the terminals of the component after the contact points of the static dissipative layer had made initial contact with the terminals of the component at the first relative position.