Patent ID: 7518357

Claim:
Apparatus for testing micro SD devices carried in JEDEC standard device processing trays each having a plurality of micro SD device receiving cells, each said micro SD device having a plurality of electrical contacts, said apparatus comprising: a test hive comprising: a plurality of test circuits corresponding in number to at least a predetermined portion of the number of cells in said tray; and a plurality of groups of test contacts, each group of said plurality of groups of said test contacts being coupled to one of said test circuits and being oriented to engage said plurality of electrical contacts of a micro SD device disposed in a corresponding one of said cells, said test hive being operable to simultaneously, electrically test at least a predetermined portion of said micro SD devices in each tray engaged by said hive without removing said micro SD devices from said tray; and a sorter automatically operable to remove each said micro SD device that did not pass electrical testing with a micro SD device that did pass electrical testing until said tray of electrically tested micro SD devices is fully populated with micro SD devices that did pass electrical testing.