Patent ID: 6194904
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A socket test probe for attachment to a testing device, for testing integrated circuit (IC) sockets configured for receiving semi conductor chips, comprising:a probe body to which is attached a test probe;a test probe which is attached to said probe body, and which has a first end and a second end, with said first end attached to said probe body, and said second end forming a probe head dimensioned similarly to a semi-conductor chip, for insertion into a socket designed to receive a semi-conductor chip of specified dimensions;electrodes exposed along one or more sides of said probe head, which extend contiguously through said probe body, and which are embedded within said test probe head and said probe body in a resin matrix, said electrodes consisting of outside edges of a plurality of flat generally rectangular conductive plates, each with an outside edge facing away from said probe head, an inside edge facing a center of said probe head, a top edge opposite to a probe interface, and a bottom edge adjacent to said probe interface;electrical connections with a first end and a second end, attached at said first end to said bottom edges of said electrical plates, and at said second ends to connection positions at a probe interface; andsaid probe interface for electrical connection to said testing device, mounted to said probe body, containing electrical connection positions which are connected to said conductive plates by said electrical connections.