Patent ID: 7764072

Claim:
A probe for testing a differential test structure having a plurality of probe pads, said probe comprising: (a) a first probe tip operable to conduct a first mode component of a first differential signal; (b) a second probe tip proximate said first probe tip and operable to conduct a first mode component of a second differential signal; (c) a third probe tip proximate said second probe tip; (d) a fourth probe tip proximate said third probe tip and operable to conduct a second mode component of said second differential signal contemporaneous with conduction of said first mode component of said first differential signal by said first probe tip; and (e) a fifth probe tip proximate said fourth probe tip and operable to conduct a second mode component of said first differential signal contemporaneous with conduction of said first mode component of said second differential signal by said second probe tip; said first, said second, said fourth and said fifth probe tips being arranged in a substantially linear array and, with said third probe tip, contemporaneously co-locatable with respective probe pads of said test structure.