Test fixture

US9977052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Teradyne, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anthony J. Suto · Sterling, US
• Joseph F. Wrinn · Winchester, US
• John P. Toscano · Auburn, US
• John Joseph Arena · Ramona, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2016
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K2201/10378
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An example test fixture, which interfaces a tester and a unit under test (UUT), includes the following: first electrical contacts that face the tester; second electrical contacts that face the UUT; a substrate made of sections of printed first material, with the first material being electrically non-conductive, and with the substrate being between the first electrical contacts and the second electrical contacts; and structures through the substrate, with the structures including sections of second material, with the second material being electrically conductive, and with at least one of the structures electrically connecting a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact.