Patent ID: 7627445

Claim:
An apparatus for testing a device comprising: a socket wherein the device is inserted; a circuit board upon which the socket is mounted, the circuit board comprising a trace connected to the socket and having a plate-like shape; a first testing module for transmitting a high frequency test signal; a second testing module for transmitting a low frequency test signal; a plate, disposed parallel to the plate-like shape of the circuit board, supporting the circuit board at a fringe region of the circuit board, said plate having an extension; a coaxial cable having a first end supported by the extension of the plate and having a second end connected to the circuit board at a location; a first connection path including the coaxial cable and extending from the first testing module to the socket; and a second connection path including the trace and extending from the second testing module to the socket, the second connection path being free of any coaxial cable wherein the high frequency test signal is a signal having a frequency higher than one megahertz.