High-frequency cobra probe

US8994393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Hanyi Ding · Colchester, US
• John Ferrario · Waterbury, US
• Barton E. Green · Colchester, US
• Richard St. Pierre · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 6, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49117
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A test device including cobra probes and a method of manufacturing is disclosed. The test device includes a conductive upper plate having an upper guide hole and a conductive lower plate having a lower guide hole. The test device also includes a conductive cobra probe disposed between the upper guide hole of the upper plate and the lower guide hole of the lower plate. A dielectric material insulates the cobra probe from the upper plate and the lower plate.