Patent ID: 6911834
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for simultaneously making electrical contact with an array of spherical contact points having a first selected pattern on a circuit, comprising: a support substrate having a working surface and a back side, said support substrate defining a multiplicity of apertures extending from said backside through said substrate and terminating at said working surface according to a second selected pattern corresponding to a mirror image of said first selected pattern; a multiplicity of conductive probes, said conductive probes extending from a first end at said back side of said support substrate, through said apertures to a contact end located a selected distance beyond said working surface wherein said contact ends of said conductive probes are substantially flat; at least one aperture of said multiplicity of apertures including at least two conductive probes extending there-through; a multiplicity of conductive pathways extending from said first end of said conductive probes to selected circuitry; and said conductive probes positioned through said support substrate to make electrical contact with the spherical contact points on a circuit placed against said apparatus.