Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Patent
1992-09-09
1994-05-24
Eley, Timothy V.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
439 67, 439912, 29747, 29750, H01R 909, H01R 4304
Patent
active
053143426
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an adapter for electrically connecting an electronic probe to an electronic device. A pair of jaws are slidably mounted on rails. Teeth protrude from the jaws in a position to engage the gaps between the leads of a fine pitch integrated circuit chip. A flex circuit has traces connecting exposed contacts on one end, which exposed contacts are located between the teeth. The contacts have the same pitch as the chip leads. A wire-filled elastomer is located over the exposed contacts. A screw passing through threaded bores in the jaws, draws the jaws toward each other, urging the teeth into the gaps to self-align the adapter, and compressing the elastomer, so that the wires in it connect each chip lead to one of the exposed contacts. A probe may be connected to a selected lead by connecting it to the appropriate through-hole.
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Eley Timothy V.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Nguyen Khan V.
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