Patent ID: 7876115

Claim:
A probe station for probing a device under test comprising: (a) a chuck having an upper surface suitable to support said device under test; (b) a first conductive element defining a first signal path to said upper surface of said chuck, said signal path electrically isolated from said upper surface of said chuck, said conductive element in electrical contact with said device under test when said device under test is at least partially supported by said upper surface of said chuck, said signal path extending through at least a portion of said chuck; and (c) a second conductive element defining a second signal path, which is a test signal path, electrically isolated from said first signal path, free of direct electrical contact with said upper surface of said chuck and in electrical contact with said device under test when said device under test is at least partially supported by said upper surface of said chuck, said second signal path not extending through at least a portion of said chuck.