Patent ID: 7435108

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a substrate including a conductive element disposed at a surface of the substrate; and a freestanding, resilient, electrically conductive contact structure comprising a base portion attached to the conductive element, a tip portion displaced a vertical distance away from the surface of the substrate, and a beam portion between the base portion and the tip portion, a length of the beam portion extending from where the base portion is attached to the conductive element to where the beam portion meets the tip portion, the beam portion being displaced away from the surface of the substrate along all of the length, wherein: a width dimension of the beam portion decreases along all of the length of the beam portion, all of the length of the beam portion is shaped in a convex curve that is convex with respect to the surface of the substrate, and the width dimension of the beam portion is parallel to the surface of the substrate where the beam portion and the tip portion meet.