Patent ID: 6690185
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A segmented contactor comprising:an interconnect substrate having a plurality of contact areas formed on a surface thereof; a plurality of contactor units, each comprising a first side and a second side; a plurality of conductive, elongate connection elements, each having a first end and a second end, each attached at said first end to said first side of one of said plurality of contact units; a sacrificial substrate; a plurality of tips formed on said sacrificial substrate; first joining material disposed between each of said plurality of contactor units and each of said plurality of contact areas, said first joining material having a surface tension while in a liquid state, whereby each of said plurality of contactor units is substantially aligned with a corresponding one of said plurality of contact areas; and second joining material disposed between each of said plurality of tips and said second ends of each of said connection elements, said second joining material having a surface tension while in a liquid state, whereby each of said plurality of tips is substantially aligned with said second end of a corresponding one of said plurality of interconnection elements.