Hybrid conductor-board for multi-conductor routing
AssigneeTeradyne, Inc.
InventorKeith Breinlinger
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Abstract
A router for funneling a plurality of conductors is disclosed. The router includes a routing unit and a plurality of conductor paths. The conductor paths are directed through the routing unit and are adapted to receive the conductors. The routing unit and the plurality of conductor paths are formed by a three-dimensional fabrication process.
Claims16
A router for guiding a plurality of conductors, the router including:
- a routing unit having first and second surfaces and formed with a plurality of contiguous open-ended hollow paths, the open-ended hollow paths being directed in a free-form manner from the first surface through the routing unit to the second surface and adapted for receiving the plurality of conductors, the routing unit constructed in accordance with a three dimensional fabrication process including the steps
- incrementally forming a portion of the router;
- and
- iterating the incrementally forming step until the router is complete.
A hybrid conductor/board comprising:
- a routing unit having first and second surfaces and formed with a plurality of contiguous open-ended hollow paths, the open-ended hollow paths being directed in a free-form manner from the first surface through the routing unit to the second surface, the routing unit constructed in accordance with a process including the steps
- incrementally forming a portion of the router;
- and
- iterating the incrementally forming step until the router is complete;
- the hybrid conductor/board further including
- a plurality of conductors routed through the contiguous open-ended hollow paths.
An automatic test equipment interface for funneling signal conductors from a plurality of pin electronics boards to one or more devices-under-test, the interface including:
- a hybrid conductor/board comprising:
- a routing unit having first and second surfaces and formed with a plurality of contiguous open-ended hollow paths, the open-ended hollow paths being directed in a free-form manner from the first surface through the routing unit to the second surface,
- a plurality of conductors routed through the contiguous open-ended hollow paths;
- and
- a device interface board for coupling to the hybrid conductor/board and adapted to connect to the one or more devices-under-test.
Automatic test equipment for testing one or more devices-under-test, the automatic test equipment including:
- a computer workstation;
- and
- a testhead coupled to the computer workstation and including
- a plurality of pin electronics boards, and
- an interface for funneling signal conductors from the pin electronics boards to the one or more devices-under-test, the interface including
- a hybrid conductor/board comprising:
- a routing unit having first and second surfaces and formed with a plurality of contiguous open-ended hollow paths, the open-ended hollow paths being directed in a free-form manner from the first surface through the routing unit to the second surface,
- a plurality of conductors routed through the contiguous open-ended hollow paths;
- and
- a device interface board for coupling to the hybrid conductor/board and adapted to connect to the one or more devices-under-test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.