ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,523, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Teradyne Inc. (North Reading, Mass.).
"Optical alignment in a test system" was invented by David W Lewinnek (Reading, Mass.), Isaac N Silva (Billerica, Mass.), Brandon R Fisher (Boston) and Brendan Hehir (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example test system includes a probe card configured to contact a device under test (DUT); a module including a first optical connector configured to contact a second optical connector on the DUT, with the first optical connector being for a fiber optic cable; and a motion system configured to move into, and out of, contact with the module. W...