Patent ID: 7256591

Claim:
A probe card used to test an electronic device having contacted bodies, the probe card comprising: a base plate; a plurality of cantilever-type probes each having only a basal end of the probe attached to the base plate, wherein each of the cantilever-type probes has an inclined distal end that contacts respective one of the contacted bodies and an inclined intermediate portion extending between the basal end and the distal end and being inclined with respect to the base plate and not attached to the base plate, each of the inclined distal ends is inclined with respect to both of the basal end and the intermediate portion and slides in a direction along a surface of the respective contacted body when contacting the respective contacted body; and a slide stopper arranged on the base plate restricting the slide of the inclined distal ends of the cantilever-type probes when contacting sides of the inclined distal ends.