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US 9,310,428 B2Granted
Probe retention arrangement
AssigneeFormFactor, Inc.
InventorsJanuary Kister, Alex Shtarker
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Abstract
A retention arrangement that includes one or more templates for securing and aligning probes for testing a device under test.
Claims8
A method of assembling a probe retention assembly comprising:
- providing at least one guide plate having holes;
- disposing above the at least one guide plate, a first anti-wicking template having holes;
- aligning the holes of the at least one guide plate and the anti-wicking template;
- pressing one or more probes into the holes of the at least one guide plate and the anti-wicking template;
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- aligning the probes in the probe retention assembly;
- the first anti-wicking template preventing a potting agent from wicking up and/or down a shaft of each of the one or more probes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.