Patent ID: 9644939
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01B,G01R,H01L

Claim:
1. A method for determining an electrical property at a single position on an electrically conducting surface portion of a test sample, said electrically conducting surface portion having an electrical boundary, said method comprising the steps of: (a) determining a first distance (y) between the single position on the electrically conducting surface portion of the test sample and the electrical boundary of said electrically conducting surface portion by a multi-point probe comprising at least first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth contact elements, each contact element defining a contact point for establishing an electrical contact with said test sample, said step of determining the first distance (y) comprising the sub-steps of: (b) determining an additional distance (y (c) defining a second relation (f (d) employing said additional distance (y