Patent ID: 11867753
Assignee: NEXTRON CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A micro vacuum probe station, comprising:
a housing having a chamber formed inside the housing and having an upper portion being opened;
a housing cover connected to the upper portion of the housing to hermetically seal the chamber and comprising a transparent window;
a vacuum port formed through the housing to form a vacuum in the chamber;
an sample stage disposed in the chamber and on which a target sample is to be settled; and
a probe assembly disposed in the chamber and configured to examine an electrical property of the sample as the probe assembly is brought into contact with the sample,
wherein the probe assembly comprises:
a base installed in the chamber;
a guide rail provided in the base;
a guide member configured to slide along the guide rail;
a probe connected to the guide member and configured to examine the electrical property of the sample as one side thereof is brought into contact with the sample; and
a thin film connector connected to the other side of the probe such that electricity is applied to the probe, wherein the thin film connector comprises:
a substrate layer formed with an insulating material;
a conductive layer stacked on one surface of the substrate layer, and comprising three conductive portions disposed at both ends and a center of the substrate layer such that the conductive portions are separated from one another; and
a cover layer stacked on one surface of the substrate layer to cover the conductive layer.