Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1995-05-26
1996-07-02
Nguyen, Vinh P.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
324754, G01R 3122
Patent
active
055326110
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a Probe Positioning Actuator which is low in cost and mass, capable of high accelerations, relatively long stroke and compact packaging, as well as high in efficiency. The actuator assembly comprises a frame, and at least one pair of spaced apart, laterally extending, conductor carrying, flexible beams attached to the frame. A non-magnetic armature, substantially U-shaped in cross section, is attached adjacent or approximate the extended terminal ends of the beams, and a probe is attached to the base of the "U" of the armature for contacting selected points in the electrical circuit associated with the device being tested. The heart of the actuator includes a coil mounted on the upstanding legs of the U-shaped armature and arranged so that the axis of the coil is perpendicular to the base of the armature but substantially parallel to the probe tip. This arrangement places the `motor` portion of the actuator adjacent the probe and permits accurate and repeatable, fast control of not only probe tip position but probe tip movement. To complete the motor portion of the actuator, means, carried by the frame create a magnetic field across the coil, whereby upon energization of the coil, deflection of the armature (and thus the beams) occurs, effecting movement of the prob into contact with selected portions of the device being tested.
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Boyette, Jr. James E.
Hammond James M.
Kolan Hans-George H.
Lo Jiann-Chang
Servedio Michael
Dick William J.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Nguyen Vinh P.
Tomlin Richard A.
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