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Perimeter trace probe for plastic ball grid arrays

US6064214A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateDec 19, 1997
Grant dateMay 16, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R1/07314
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test probe assembly for testing integrated circuit (IC) packages mounted onto a ball grid array is described. The test probe assembly can also be used to interconnect test instrumentation to the ball grid array without removal from the circuit in which it is mounted and with a minimal impact on the performance of the circuit. Contacts on the test probe assembly make electrical contact to test traces fabricated on the top side of the ball grid array package.

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