Patent ID: 6965245

Claim:
An interconnect assembly for providing electrical interconnection for testing of semiconductor devices, said interconnect assembly comprising: a. a larger structure having a plurality of electrically conductive attachment terminals; and b. a plurality of interconnect structures, each of said interconnect structures being metallurgically bonded to a respective one of said attachment terminal wherein at least one of said interconnect structures is metallurgically bonded to a respective one of said attachment terminal such that a portion of said at least one interconnect structures extends above a portion of another of said interconnect structures, and said each interconnect structure having: I. an attachment base having: 1. an attachment face for said metallurgical bonding to said attachment terminal; and 2. an access face substantially opposing said attachment face for accessing said attachment base with an attachment tool; II. a suspension element protruding from said attachment base adjacent said attachment face and adjacent said access face such that said attachment of said attachment face via the attachment tool is substantially unimpeded by said suspension element; and III. a contacting end positioned at a distal end of said suspension element, said contacting end being configured for establishing conductive contact with a contact terminal while said contacting end is forced against said contact terminal, said contacting end being shaped to scribe against the contact terminal during contact therebetween, said contact terminal being configured to be in electrical contact with a semiconductor device to be tested; wherein said contacting end is configured to be forced into contact with the contact terminal by a positioning movement of said larger structure relative to said contact terminal.