Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1996-09-11
1998-05-26
Karlsen, Ernest F.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
G01R 3102
Patent
active
057572011
ABSTRACT:
A universal testing device for testing a plurality of electronic modules having different configurations and operating parameters. In one embodiment of the invention, a universal mounting board for testing a plurality of different modules with different pin configurations and operating parameters is a printed circuit board with a plurality of connectors and a plurality of conductive contact sites. The connectors of the universal mounting board are arranged to be operatively coupled with a plurality of contacts of a separate control fixture. In general, the contacts of the control fixture are operatively coupled to a supply voltage, a ground plane, and a signal controller. The control fixture also has a sufficient number of contacts to provide the necessary number of inputs/outputs of supply voltage, ground connections, and signals for virtually any type of electronic module. Also, the conductive contact sites of the universal mounting board may be operatively coupled with pins from a plurality of different modules because the universal mounting board has a sufficient number of conductive contact sites to configure the mounting board to provide the necessary number of inputs/outputs to the pins of different types of modules. The universal mounting board is configured to test a specific module with a specific pin configuration by coupling selected conductive sites to selected connectors. In operation, the mounting board may be releasably coupled to the control fixture so that the connectors on the mounting board are operatively coupled to the contacts of the control fixture. To test the specific modules, the signal controller and the module communicate with each other via the control fixture and the universal mounting board.
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Loisate Steve
Partridge Frank E.
Karlsen Ernest F.
Kobert Russell M.
Micron Electronics Inc.
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