US 12,392,817 B2
Electronic assembly carrier with built-in shunt
Eugene Yan Ki Hsue, San Ramon, CA (US); and Sahba Etaati, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/012,608
Filed by NVIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/038469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/262711, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/043,069, filed on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251301 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G01R 31/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/2808 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrier for insertion of a device under test into a tester, the carrier comprising:
a first engagement structure and a second engagement structure shaped to engage and hold the device under test in the carrier; and
a shunt integrated into the carrier and positioned to electrically contact and short together pins on the device under test, the pins being shorted setting an operating mode to enable an operation to be performed using a circuit of the device under test.