Patent ID: 6861863

Claim:
An inspection apparatus comprising: an inspection chip for inspecting a conductive pattern of a circuit board in a non-contact manner; an insulative package mounting said inspection chip thereon with allowing an inspection surface of said inspection chip to be exposed out of said insulative package; a chip-side bump electrode provided at each of electrode pads of said inspection chip; a package-side bump electrode provided at a lead of said package; an anisotropic conductor disposed to cover at least said chip-side bump electrode and said package-side bump electrode; and a conductor layer located on said anisotropic conductor and extending at least in the range of said chip-side bump electrode to said package-side bump electrode, wherein said anisotropic conductor is thermo-compression bonded in between said conductor layer and said chip-side bump electrode and in between said conductor layer and said package-side bump electrode, so as to electrically connect said chip-side bump electrode with said package-side bump electrode through said conductor layer.