High density planar electrical interface
View Patent ↗An apparatus including a substrate having a plurality of through holes and a plurality of cables, including wires and/or coaxial cables, extending through respective ones of the plurality of through holes of the substrate. Each of the cables comprises a conductor and terminates about a surface of the substrate such that the conductors of respective ones of plurality of cables are planarly aligned and available for electrical contact. A system including a cable interface extending through respective ones of a plurality of through holes of a body of the interface; an interconnection component comprising a first plurality of contact points aligned with respective ones of conductors of the plurality of cables and a second plurality of contact points aligned to corresponding contact points of a device to be tested. Also, a method of routing signals through the conductors of the plurality of cables between electronic components.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a cable interface comprising a plurality of cables each comprising a conductor, each cable extending through respective ones of the plurality of through holes of a body of the cable interface and having a first end terminating about a surface of the cable interface such that the conductors of respective ones of the plurality of cables are planarly aligned;
an interconnection component comprising a component a first plurality of contact points aligned with respective ones of the conductors of the plurality of cables and a second plurality of contact points aligned to corresponding contact points of a device to be tested, wherein the interconnection component further comprises a space transformer and the first plurality of contact points are at a first pitch and the second plurality of contact points are at a different second pitch; and
a testing component coupled to a second end of the respective ones of the plurality of cables, the testing component comprising circuitry to test a device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the space transformer comprises a first interconnection component, the apparatus further comprising a second interconnection component comprising a first plurality of interconnection elements having contact points aligned with respective ones of the conductors of the plurality of cables and a second plurality of interconnection elements having contact points aligned to corresponding ones of the first contact points of the space transformer.
3. An apparatus comprising:
a cable interface comprising a plurality of cables each comprising a conductor, each cable extending through respective ones of the plurality of through holes of a body of the cable interface and having a first end terminating about a surface of the cable interface such that the conductors of respective ones of the plurality of cables are planarly aligned;
a first interconnection component comprising a component a first plurality of contact points aligned with respective ones of the conductors of the plurality of cables and a second plurality of contact points aligned to corresponding contact points of a device to be tested;
a testing component coupled to a second end of the respective ones of the plurality of cables, the testing component comprising circuitry to test a device, wherein the conductors of the plurality of cables comprise first conductors designated as data signal lines between a device to be tested and the testing component and
a second interconnection component disposed about the cable interface and comprising second conductors designated as reference signal lines coupled to corresponding reference signal lines of the testing component.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first interconnection component comprises a side edge with contact points disposed on a surface of the first interconnection component along the side edge coupled to respective second conductors of the second interconnection component.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the surface of the first interconnection component is a first surface, the first interconnection component further comprising a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first plurality of contact points are disposed on the first surface and the second plurality of contact points are disposed on the second surface.