Patent ID: 7026834

Claim:
A method for probing a plurality of sets of receptacles and/or probes of a device under test (DUT), said plurality of receptacles and/or probes requiring probing parallel to a probing axis, said method comprising: independently floating a probe block for each of said plurality of sets of DUT receptacles and/or probes of said DUT within a single probe block frame, each said independently floating probe block having a respective set of probe block probes and/or receptacles that mate to a corresponding set of said plurality of sets of receptacles and/or probes of said DUT; substantially aligning each said independently floating probe block within said single probe block frame to its corresponding set of said plurality of sets of receptacles and/or probes of said DUT; and actuating said single probe block frame along said probing axis in a first direction to respectively engage each said respective set of probe block probes and/or receptacles to its corresponding set of DUT receptacles and/or probes.