Patent ID: 7768278

Claim:
An electronic device for use with automated test equipment, the device comprising: a probe head; a plurality of probe contact points extending from a side of the probe head, the plurality of probe contact points extending to a first standoff height (H 1 ) from the side of the probe head; a plurality of metal-on-insulator (M 0 I) semiconductor devices that is i) connected to the side of the probe head from which the plurality of probe contact points extend and ii) has a second standoff height (H 2 ) from the side of the probe head, wherein the standoff height H 2 is less than the standoff height H 1 , wherein the plurality of MOI semiconductor devices provides at least one driver/receiver pair, wherein a driver portion of each driver/receiver pair is configured to transmit a signal to at least one device under test via a respective one of the plurality of probe contact points, and wherein a receiver portion of each driver/receiver pair is configured to receive a signal from the at least one device under test via the at least one of the plurality of probe contact points.