Patent ID: 7400156
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A vertical probe device comprising: a first guide plate and a second guide plate arranged in a stack manner and defining therebetween an accommodation chamber, one of the first guide plate and the second guide plate having at least one through hole; a probe holder plate made of an electrically insulating material and movable horizontally as well as vertically between the first guide plate and the second guide plate, said probe holder plate being fixable to one of the first guide plate and the second guide plate while the other guide plate is removed and a force is applied through said at least one through hole to the probe holder; and a plurality of probes made of an electrically conducting material and respectively inserted through the first guide plate, the probe holder plate and the second guide plate in such a manner that the probes are flexible within the accommodation chamber.