Patent ID: 7071718

Claim:
A probe card for probing a test device comprising: (a) said card defining an opening; (b) a plurality of probing devices for probing a probing site, said probing devices each including an elongate conductive path that extends below said opening; (c) said probing devices being arranged about said opening so that said probing elements terminate below said opening in a pattern suitable for probing said sites; and (d) a plurality of cables for connecting each probing device to a corresponding channel of a test instrument, each cable including an inner conductor, an inner dielectric and an outer conductor, each inner conductor being electrically connected to a corresponding one of said conductive paths; (e) a conductive cover positioned over said card; (f) a conductive region of said card surrounding said opening; (g) said conductive region of said card electrically interconnected to said conductive cover.