Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
294 words
An integrated circuit tester comprising: a test cabinet means having a bottom, side and top walls for forming an electromagnetic shielded enclosure, said top wall includes an aperture; a first horizontal electromagnetic shielded plate mounted in said enclosure displaced from said bottom wall; a plurality of A.C. probes each mounted below said first plate and connected to a respective first A.C. probe terminal extending onto the top surface of said first plate; a plurality of A.C. input lines each connected below said first plate to a respective first A.C. input terminal extending onto the top surface of said first plate; a plurality of first D.C. input and output lines connected below said first plate to a D.C. receptacle having D.C. socket means accessible from the top side of said first plate; a second horizontal electromagnetic shielded plate, removably mounted in said closure to the top of said first plate; a printed circuit board mounted to the top surface of said second plate; a device under test receptacle mounted on and electrically connected to said printed circuit board and positioned within said aperture in said top wall of said cabinet; a plurality of second A.C. probe terminals on the bottom of said second plate electrically connected to said printed circuit board and contacting said first A.C. probe terminals on the top of said first plate; a plurality of second A.C. input terminals on the bottom of said electrically second plate connected to said printed circuit board and contacting said first A.C. input terminals on the top of said first plate; and a plurality of second D.C. input and output lines interconnecting a D.C. plug means and said printed circuit board, said D.C. plug means being received in said D.C. socket means of said first plate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
294 words
An integrated circuit tester comprising: a test cabinet means having a bottom, side and top walls for forming an electromagnetic shielded enclosure, said top wall includes an aperture; a first horizontal electromagnetic shielded plate mounted in said enclosure displaced from said bottom wall; a plurality of A.C. probes each mounted below said first plate and connected to a respective first A.C. probe terminal extending onto the top surface of said first plate; a plurality of A.C. input lines each connected below said first plate to a respective first A.C. input terminal extending onto the top surface of said first plate; a plurality of first D.C. input and output lines connected below said first plate to a D.C. receptacle having D.C. socket means accessible from the top side of said first plate; a second horizontal electromagnetic shielded plate, removably mounted in said closure to the top of said first plate; a printed circuit board mounted to the top surface of said second plate; a device under test receptacle mounted on and electrically connected to said printed circuit board and positioned within said aperture in said top wall of said cabinet; a plurality of second A.C. probe terminals on the bottom of said second plate electrically connected to said printed circuit board and contacting said first A.C. probe terminals on the top of said first plate; a plurality of second A.C. input terminals on the bottom of said electrically second plate connected to said printed circuit board and contacting said first A.C. input terminals on the top of said first plate; and a plurality of second D.C. input and output lines interconnecting a D.C. plug means and said printed circuit board, said D.C. plug means being received in said D.C. socket means of said first plate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of first D.C. input and output lines are of equal length.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of first D.C. input and output lines are ribbon cables.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 1, wherein said first and second plates and said cabinet are grounded.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 1, wherein said first and second A.C. probe terminals and said first and second A.C. input terminals are plug-in connectors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 1, wherein said A.C. probes, said first and second A.C. probe terminals, said A.C. input lines, said first and second A.C. input terminals, said first and second D.C. input and output lines, said D.C. receptacle, and said D.C. plug are positioned radially about said device under test receptacle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
An integrated circuit tester according to claim 4, wherein said first and second plates are electrically insulated relative to said cabinet and are grounded through the A.C. signal system.