Flexible shielded laminated beam for electrical contacts and the like and method of contact operation
US5921786A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R1/0466
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A novel flexible laminated beam contractor interface package for applications between chips and the like and test equipment therefor, containing a flexible core beam contractor laminated within outer ground shield beam coverings and provided with an exposed contact tip for connecting with test equipment externally to the package; and with contacts adapted flexibly to engage the chip terminals when the chip is temporarily applied to the package for testing; the laminated beam contactor preferably being shaped as bent flexible cantilever or curved beams.
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