Claims
- 1. A fixture comprising:
a first assembly including a tester interface, the tester interface comprising a standardized test module providing standardized test resources and a custom test module providing specialized test resources; and a second assembly mating with the first assembly, the second assembly including a wireless interface coupled to the standardized test resources and to the custom test resources through a communication path.
- 2. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the communication path includes a connector.
- 3. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the communication path includes a trace.
- 4. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the communication path includes at least one double-ended receptacles.
- 5. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the standardized test resources include standardized electronics capable of generating signaling to perform standardized test.
- 6. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the custom test resources include specialized electronics capable of generating signaling to perform custom test.
- 7. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the custom test resources are interchangeable with second custom test resources that is different from the custom test resources.
- 8. A fixture as set forth in claim 1, wherein the standardized test resources are interchangeable.
- 9. A tester interface board comprising:
a standardized module comprising standardized electronics; a custom module comprising specialized electronics; and trace routes coupled to the standardized module and coupled to the custom module, the trace routes providing access to the standardized electronics and providing access to the specialized electronics.
- 10. A fixture comprising the tester interface board set forth in claim 9.
- 11. A tester assembly comprising the tester interface board set forth in claim 9.
- 12. A tester interface board as set forth in claim 9, wherein the standardized module further comprises an interface board including the standardized electronics, and a connector coupling the interface board including standardized electronics to the fixture interface board.
- 13. A tester interface board as set forth in claim 9, wherein the custom module further comprises an interface board including the specialized electronics, and a connector coupling the interface board including specialized electronics to the fixture interface board.
- 14. A tester interface board as set forth in claim 9, wherein the custom module is interchangeable with a second custom module that includes second specialized electronics that is different from the specialized electronics in the custom module.
- 15. A fixture comprising:
a first probe plate including a first probe field, the first probe plate capable of housing a plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the first probe field; a wireless interface board including a topside and an underside, wherein the plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the first probe field contact the wireless interface board on the topside; a second probe plate including a second probe field, the second probe plate housing a plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the second probe field, wherein the plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the second probe field contact the wireless interface on the underside; an interface board positioned below the second probe plate and in contact the plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the second probe field; and a custom module coupled to the interface board, the custom module communicating test signals through the interface board to the plurality of double-ended probe receptacles in the second probe field.
- 16. A fixture as set forth in claim 15, wherein the custom module is interchangeable.
- 17. A fixture as set forth in claim 15, wherein the custom module further comprises an interface board including specialized electronics generating the test signals, and a connector coupling the interface board including the specialized electronics, the connector communicating the test signals to the interface board.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This invention is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 10/103,392, filed on Mar. 21, 2002 and entitled Adaptor method and apparatus for interfacing a tester with a device under test.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10103392 |
Mar 2002 |
US |
Child |
10685327 |
Oct 2003 |
US |