Patent ID: 6344752
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A contactor comprising:a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes arranged on one surface of the first substrate; a plurality of probe terminals respectively provided on the first electrodes and making electrical contact with each of a plurality of checking electrodes of an object to be checked, the respective probe terminal having at least one conductive support mounted upright on the respective first electrode with a predetermined aspect ratio, a conductive elastic support plate whose one end is fixed to an end of the conductive support which is opposite to the first electrode, and a contact terminal provided on the other end of the elastic conductive support plate; a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the other surface of the first substrate; a first connection line electrically connecting, in the first substrate, each of the first electrodes to each of the second electrodes; and elastic electrical connection means connecting the respective second electrode to a testing apparatus.