Patent ID: 7363694

Claim:
A method of testing a semiconductor substrate, comprising: placing a substantially planar semiconductor substrate adjacent and substantially parallel to a substantially planar substrate of a contactor card; aligning at least one contact pad of the substantially planar semiconductor substrate with a compliant contact of a compliant contact structure carried by the contactor card, the compliant contact structure including: the compliant contact, including: a portion fixed within a portion of the substrate; and at least one laterally unsupported portion integral with the portion fixed within the portion of the substrate, within a thickness of the substrate and extending beyond one side thereof; pressing the semiconductor substrate against the contactor card substantially transversely to a plane of the substrate of the contactor card to cause an end of the at least one laterally unsupported portion extending beyond the one side of the substrate of the contactor card to contact the at least one contact pad of the semiconductor substrate and induce flexure of the at least one laterally unsupported portion; and applying at least one test signal from a tester operably coupled to the contactor card through the compliant contact.