Patent ID: 7554348

Claim:
An upper die portion of a die head for aligning a plurality of probes, at least one of said plurality of probes having a first lateral distance between its tip and head thereby defining a first offset and at least one of said plurality of probes having a second lateral distance between its tip and head that is different from said first lateral distance thereby defining a second offset, in a first array of first micro-holes formed in a lower die portion of the die head, comprising: a spacer portion including first and second surfaces, said first surface for contacting the lower die portion; and a first assembly aid film attached with said second surface and having a second array of second micro-holes for receiving said plurality of probes, said second micro-holes including at least a first micro-hole that is configured to be offset from a corresponding micro-hole of said first micro-holes by a distance equal to said first offset and at least a second micro-hole that is configured to be offset from a corresponding micro-hole of said first micro-holes by a distance equal to said second offset, wherein a pair of corresponding micro-holes releasably contains different portions of a single one of said plurality of probes.