Patent ID: 9182425
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A probe supporting apparatus for testing electrical characteristics of a device, the device having one or more testing sites, comprising: a nonconductive plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a substantially frustoconical through-hole, wherein the substantially frustoconical through-hole is positioned such that the substantially frustoconical through-hole at least partially overlays one of the one or more testing sites when at least a portion of the bottom surface of the nonconductive plate is adjacent to the device to be tested; an adhesive on at least a portion of the bottom surface of the nonconductive plate for attaching the bottom surface of the nonconductive plate to the device to be tested; and a probe positioning body protruding from the top surface of the nonconductive plate and having a substantially frustoconical through-hole, wherein the probe positioning body is positioned such that the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the probe positioning body at least partially aligns with the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the nonconductive plate for allowing insertion of a probe through both of the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the probe positioning body and the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the nonconductive plate; wherein the probe positioning body includes a substantially frustoconical wall of substantially uniform thickness protruding from the top surface of the nonconductive plate for supporting the probe inserted through both of the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the probe positioning body and the substantially frustoconical through-hole of the nonconductive plate.