Patent ID: 7492175

Claim:
A probing assembly for probing an electrical device comprising: (a) a support; (b) a membrane in overlying relationship to said support; (c) a first elongate conductor supported by said membrane; (d) a first contact supported by said membrane, said contact electrically connected to said first elongate conductor and having a first contact thickness measured perpendicularly from said membrane to the outermost point on a contacting surface of said first contact; (e) a pair of additional conductors supported by said membrane, where said first elongate conductor is located between said pair of additional conductors; (f) said pair of additional conductors are electrically interconnected together in a manner extending substantially around an end of said first elongate conductor; and (g) a second contact electrically connected to a second elongate conductor and having a second contact thickness measured perpendicularly from said membrane to the outermost point on a contacting surface of said second contact, where said second contact thickness is different from said first contact thickness.