Patent ID: 7759952
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a probe card assembly comprising: providing a probe card wiring board; providing a first probe contactor substrate having a first plurality of tips and a second probe contactor substrate having a second plurality of tips; disposing a sub-mount between the probe card wiring board and the first and second probe contactor substrates; adjusting a first support structure for the first probe contactor substrate so that a plane of the first plurality of the probe contactor tips is substantially co-planar with a plane of the second plurality of probe contactor tips; securing an end of the first support structure in a first locked position, wherein the first locked position is one in which a plane of the first plurality of probe contactor tips is co-planar with a plane of the second plurality of probe contactor tips; vertically adjusting a second support structure for the sub-mount; and securing an end of the second support structure in a second locked position, wherein the second locked position is one in which a plane of the first plurality of probe contactor tips is substantially parallel to a reference plane.