Patent ID: 6595794
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An electrical contact apparatus for bringing a contactor into electrical contact with a corresponding projection electrode of a semiconductor device in a semiconductor device inspection equipment, comprising:a plate-like or filmy base, and one or more pyramid-shaped contactors provided per projection electrode and projecting out from one surface of said base toward said semiconductor device, and a base plate provided with a plurality of wiring portions each corresponding to one of said projection electrodes and being exposed at least in part to the one surface side of said base plate, wherein said pyramid-shaped contactor is displaced in a predetermined direction in a plane parallel to said base with respect to said corresponding projection electrode, said base having a plurality of pyramid-shaped auxiliary contactors formed on the other surface side, said auxiliary contactors being brought into electrical contact with their corresponding wiring portions of said base plate and also with said pyramid-shaped contactors as well.