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Probe card with pyramid shaped thin film contacts

US6672876B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 7, 2000
Grant dateJan 6, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2201/20
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a probe card comprising a probe having at thin film-like frame-like base section formed along the lower circumferential surface of an imaginary pyramid having at least a pyramidal top portion, a contact terminal section formed along the outer circumferential surface of the top portion of the imaginary pyramid, and at least one thin film-like joining section having a predetermined shape and serving to join the contact terminal section to the base section. The probe having a triangular pyramidal or conical shape as required.

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