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Test head for IC tester

US5936417A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1997
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/2886
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To provide a test head for an IC tester wherein identical test signals can be distributed to a plurality of devices to be tested while holding in check an increase in the number of signal lines connecting a waveform shaper to the test head, upsizing of the test head, and an increase in power consumption. A plurality of pin-electronics-cards are connected with each other via a printed wiring pattern on a back board provided inside a test head, a waveform signal shaped at a waveform shaper is received by a receiver card provided in the test head and the waveform signal delivered from the receiver card is distributed to the plurality of the pin-electronics-cards via the printed wiring pattern provided on the back board while the end of the printed wiring pattern is terminated at the termination card.

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