Patents by Inventor Paul C. Wiscombe

Paul C. Wiscombe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5014002
    Abstract: Relays and toggle switches for programming the electrical interconnections between automated test equipment and the pins of a DUT are replaced with manually programmable jumpers connected between various jumper terminals mounted on a jumper programmable interface board. The jumper terminals are located on the interface board in close proximity to the pins of a DUT to minimize interference and crosstalk. Pulldown and pullup resistors as well as bypass capacitors are optionally incorporated into the jumpers. The jumper terminals provide easy access to pin electronics (PE) test signals and to various power and ground plane in a multilayer interface board so that the test conditions for each pin can be manually programmed by selection of jumper connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul C. Wiscombe, Arie Shavit