Patent ID: 8402848

Claim:
A probe holder, which can be connected to a probe holder plate of a prober, which has: a manipulator, with a base surface, a probe arm receptacle and adjustment screws; a probe arm that has a longitudinal extent between a first end and a second end and is fastened with the first end to the probe arm receptacle, wherein the probe arm receptacle is adjustable, by means of the adjustment screws, in a z-direction that defines a z-pivot axis and runs perpendicular to the base surface and perpendicular to a surface of a substrate being tested, in an x-direction that defines an x-pivot axis and runs perpendicular to the z-direction and parallel to the longitudinal extent of the probe arm, and in a y-direction that defines a y-pivot axis and runs both perpendicular to the z-direction and perpendicular to the x-direction; a needle carrier connected to the second end of the probe arm; a plurality of probe needles that can contact the substrate being tested and that are arranged on the needle carrier; and a pivot base that is located between the probe holder and the probe holder plate and pivots the needle carrier relative to the substrate being tested about at least one of the x-pivot axis and the y-pivot axis.