Patent ID: 6838890

Claim:
A probing device for probing an electrical device comprising: (a) a first support; (b) a membrane in overlying relationship to said first support; (c) a plurality of first elongate conductors supported by said membrane; (d) a plurality of contacts supported by said membrane, each of said contacts electrically connected to at least a respective one of said first conductors; (e) a second support suitable to support said first support thereon for probing said electrical device; (f) a second elongate conductor supported by said second support and having a first end supported by said second support, wherein said first end is closer to said contacts than the other end of said second elongate conductor; (g) a third elongate conductor supported by said second support and spaced apart from said second elongate conductor; (h) a fourth elongate conductor supported by said second support and spaced apart from said second elongate conductor, wherein said second conductor is located between said third conductor and said fourth conductor; (i) an interconnecting conductor electrically interconnecting said third conductor and said fourth conductor at a location beyond said first end of said second elongate conductor; (j) wherein when said first support is engaged with said second support said second elongate conductor is electrically interconnected to at least one of said first elongate conductors.