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Method and apparatus of testing both surfaces of printed circuit board simultaneously

US5461323A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 23, 1993
Grant dateOct 24, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/2801
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are improved method and apparatus for testing printed circuit board in which method and apparatus a selected printed circuit board is stretched to be unbent, thus permitting measuring probes to come to contact to selected points on the printed circuit board exactly for measuring, thus preventing undesired deviations of selected measuring points caused by the bending of the printed circuit board in hitting selected measuring points by probes. The printed circuit board tester includes a pair of clamps for gripping the opposite lateral edges of the printed circuit board standing upright; a drive devices for driving the clamps close to or apart from each other; and stretch control device between the drive devices and one of the clamps for applying a controlled stretch to the printed circuit board.

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