Patent ID: 8371869

Claim:
A minute connector for connecting between an insulative first substrate and an insulative second substrate, the insulative first substrate being provided with a plurality of first depressed portions depressed with respect to a surface of the first substrate, at each bottom surface of which a first conductive portion is disposed, the insulative second substrate being provided with a plurality of second depressed portions depressed with respect to a surface of the second substrate, at each bottom surface of which a second conductive portion is disposed, the minute connector comprising: a first connecting member having a plurality of first contacts corresponding to the plurality of first depressed portions, the first contacts comprising a plurality of first carbon nanotube bundles respectively connected to the first conductive portions at first ends thereof and protruding from the surface of the first substrate at second ends thereof; and a second connecting member having a plurality of second contacts corresponding to the plurality of second depressed portions, the second contacts comprising a plurality of second carbon nanotube bundles respectively connected to the second conductive portions at first ends thereof; wherein the second ends of the plurality of first carbon nanotubes are inserted between second ends of the plurality of second carbon nanotubes so as to contact with each other in an overlapping manner when the surface of the first substrate contacts the surface of the second substrate, whereby the plurality of first contacts each contact a corresponding one of the plurality of second contacts.