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Method of and apparatus for electrical short testing and the like

US4290013A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 22, 1979
Grant dateSep 15, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 22, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/52
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure is concerned with a process for connecting a short detector to electrical nodes in such apparatus as backplanes, cables and circuit boards before components are assembled thereto, to identify shorted node pairs in a substantially smaller number of tests than required by previously known methods, through a novel binary screening and then binary searching technique; the invention being especially efficient in the case where no shorts are present.

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