Patent ID: 8441272

Claim:
A microelectromechanical probe adapted to contact a corresponding terminal of an integrated circuit that is integrated on at least one chip of a semiconductor material wafer during a test phase of the wafer, said probe including: a support structure comprising a first access terminal and a second access terminal, said support structure defining a conductive path along a first beam element and a second beam element between said first access terminal and said second access terminal, wherein the first beam element is substantially parallel to the second beam element; a probe region connected to the support structure, said probe region comprising at least one conductive tip adapted to contact the corresponding terminal of the integrated circuit during the test phase for: providing at least one test signal received from the first access terminal and the second access terminal to the integrated circuit through at least one portion of the conductive path, and/or providing at least one test signal generated by the integrated circuit to at least one between the first access terminal and the second access terminal trough at least one portion of the conductive path, wherein said probe region is arranged on the conductive path of the support structure between said first access terminal and said second access terminal.