Probe retention arrangement
View Patent ↗A retention arrangement that includes one or more templates for securing and aligning probes for testing a device under test.
1. 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; and
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.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein a second guide plate is provided.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising providing a spacer between the first guide plate and the second guide plates.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising disposing a potting agent between the first guide plate and second guide plates.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein a second anti-wicking template is disposed above the second guide plate.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the aligning step is performed automatically.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the aligning step is performed manually.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising fixing the probes in a vertical position in the probe retention assembly.