Patent ID: 7173433

Claim:
A circuit property measurement method comprising: preparing a calibration pattern comprising a substrate, a signal line having a characteristic impedance and first and second ends on said substrate, said signal line directly connecting the first end to the second end, a first constant potential line having a first end disposed close to and at a predetermined interval from the first end of said signal line, a second constant potential line having a first end disposed close to and at a predetermined interval from the second end of said signal line, and a conductor electrically coupling said first constant potential line to said second constant potential line; and calibrating first and second property measurement probe heads having identical electrical arrangements consisting of spaced apart signal and constant potential terminals arranged in the same order on both of said first and second property measurement probe heads, by bringing said signal terminal and said constant potential terminal of said first property measurement probe head into contact with the first end of said signal line and the first end of said first constant potential line of said calibration pattern, respectively, and by bringing said signal terminal and said constant potential terminal of said second property measurement probe head into contact with the second end of said signal line and the first end of said second constant potential line of said calibration pattern, respectively.