A testing apparatus for a semiconductor package includes a circuit board, testing patterns and a socket. The circuit board has a testing region and includes a plurality of testing contacts and a plurality of signal contacts distributed in the testing region. The testing patterns are embedded in the circuit board and electrically connected to the testing contacts, where each of the testing patterns includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line including a main portion and a branch portion connected to main portion. The first conductive line is connected to the main portion. The socket is located on the circuit board and comprising connectors electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the connectors are configured to transmit electric signals for testing the semiconductor package from the testing apparatus.

High voltage assemblies and detectors are provided. In one aspect, a high voltage assembly includes a high voltage base board and a plurality of sub-detectors. Each sub-detector includes a crystal substrate, a crystal, a high voltage transfer board, and a high voltage cathode board. One of the high voltage transfer board and the high voltage base board includes first and second connection members, and the other one includes first and second contact members. The first connection member is configured to shift relative to the first contact member in response to a first force, and the second connection member is configured to shift relative to the second contact member in response to a second force. A high voltage is applied at both ends of the crystal through electrically contacting the first connection member with the first contact member and electrically contacting the second connection member with the second contact member.

A transportable testing arrangement comprising a testing area configured to receive an electric component to be tested, a removable hood configured to cover the testing area, testing equipment for testing the electric component, a base on which the testing area, the removable hood and at least part of the testing equipment are mounted and a frame on which the base is mounted. The base is mounted on the frame by one or more suspension elements configured to enable movement of the base in relation to the frame, and wherein the base is further configured to be locked in relation to the frame by one or more locking elements to prevent movement of the base in relation to the frame.

A testing device for testing a medium voltage starter or breaker and method of use. The testing device is configured to test starter motors in the 2,300 volts to 13,800 volts range while protecting the technician from high voltages. The testing device is electrically connectable to a variety of different medium voltage starter motors via an umbilical connector harness adapted for each specific starter. A tester control board is organized to indicate the functionality of the medium voltage starter electrical components. The control board is used to isolate circuits in open and closed positions and visual indicators are used to verify proper operation of the starter coil, primary contacts, and auxiliary contacts.

A power supply is configured to perform an at least partial compensation of a voltage variation caused by a load change using a voltage variation compensation mechanism which is triggered in response to an expected load change. An Automated test equipment for testing a device under test comprises a power supply, which is configured to supply the device under test. The automated test equipment comprises a pattern generator configured to provide one or more stimulus signals for the device under test. The power supply is configured to perform an at least partial compensation of a voltage variation caused by a load change using a voltage variation compensation mechanism which is activated in synchronism with one or more of the stimulus signals and/or in response to one or more response data signals from the device under test. Corresponding methods and a computer program are also described.

An automated test equipment for testing one or more DUTs comprises a test head and a DUT interface. The DUT interface comprises a plurality of blocks of spring-loaded pins, for example groups or fields of spring-loaded pins. For example, the DUT interface is configured for establishing an electronic signal path between the test head and a DUT board or load board, which holds the DUT or which provides a connection to the DUT. The automated test equipment is configured to allow for a variation of a distance between at least two blocks of spring-loaded pins.

A diagnostic test instrument for testing power system equipment may include a chassis having a number of bays capable of receiving test circuitry modules, which may be field inserted by a user desiring to perform a particular test. The instrument may include controller circuitry that may sense in each of the bays whether a respective test circuitry module is inserted therein, and then interrogate respective test circuitry modules in each respective bay to identify a type of the respective test circuitry module. Available testing capabilities may be identified according to the type of each of the respective test circuitry modules identified in respective bays. The controller circuitry may output configuration instructions to test circuitry modules, and respective test ports included in each of the respective test circuitry modules may be selectively illuminated as a configuration instruction to visually identify an assigned functionality of the respective test ports.

A pull out-assisting linkage device for load board of semiconductor automatic test equipment. One end of the handle is rotatably connected to the test equipment by a rotating member. The middle of the handle is bolted to the linkage. The two rotating plates are fixedly connected to the linkage and are located at the two ends of the linkage. Each rotating plate is rotatably connected to the test equipment. Both the first pull out-assisting rod and the second pull out-assisting rod are fixedly connected to each rotating plate by a universal connecting rod. The first pull out-assisting rod and the second pull out-assisting rod are slidingly connected to the test equipment. The first pull out-assisting rod has a first pull out-assisting slot in the side wall, and the second pull out-assisting rod has a second pull out-assisting slot in the side wall, with the first pull out-assisting slot and the second pull out-assisting slot set in reverse. The present invention makes the pull out-assisting device more accurate in propulsion distance, simple in structure, and low in investment cost.

The probe assembly operates with a circuit board test apparatus and includes a main test probe and a secondary test probes. The probe assembly is capable of moving in X, Y and Z directions relative to a circuit board being tested (UUT). The two test probes are movable linearly relative to each other and rotatable together so as to accurately locate the two probes on selected pins on the UUT, for receiving signals from the selected pins. The received signals are transmitted to a display apparatus.

A monitor system for one or more surge protection devices may include a hub configured for wireless communication with one or more remote devices, or a sensor configured to detect an end-of-life state of a surge protection device (SPD). The sensor may include a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a sensor signal to the hub to indicate the end-of-life state of the SPD. The hub may be configured to transmit to one or more of a remote server or a mobile device a hub signal corresponding to the end-of-life state.