Etched spring pin serves robust test applications

IRONWOOD HBT Contact is an etched spring pin with outside spring that provides a robust solution for test applications that include thermal characterization, burn-in, SLT, ATE, etc. Solutions are available for 0.8mm to 0.40mm pitch BGA, LGA, QFN, QFP packages. Contact technology has 3 parts system. Etched top plunger (unique proprietary alloy with no plating enables longer tip life & less cleaning), etched bottom plunger (standard BeCu with gold plating) and assembled to a gold plated stainless steel spring to enable reliable interconnect solution with less ATE downtime.

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