Test head structure for integrated circuit tester

Details Test head structure for integrated circuit tester Test head structure for integrated circuit tester

1998-03-16

1999-11-16

Ballato, Josie

Electricity: measuring and testing

Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se

With rotor

324754, G01R 3102

Patent

active

059864478

ABSTRACT:
A test head for an integrated circuit-tester includes a horizontal base holding a circular motherboard. The motherboard distributes input test instructions to an array of carrier boards mounted thereon, the carrier boards being radially distributed about a central vertical axis of the motherboard. Each carrier board holds a set of daughterboards, and each daughterboard holds a set of node cards. The carrier boards and daughterboards include data paths for forwarding the test instructions from the motherboard to the node cards. Each node card contains circuits for transmitting test signals to and receiving response signals from a separate terminal of a device under test (DUT) in response to the test instructions forwarded thereto. Edges of the carrier boards extend downward through apertures in the base to contact pads on an interface board holding the DUT. The carrier boards and daughterboards provide conductive paths for the test and response signals extending between the node cards and pads on the DUT interface board. The interface board extends those conductive paths from the pads to terminals of the DUT.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4517512 (1985-05-01), Petrich et al.
patent: 5747994 (1998-05-01), Suga

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