Patent ID: 8836358

Claim:
A multi-point probe ( 10 ) comprising a planar bottom face ( 12 ) and a planar top face ( 11 ) being parallel with each other, said multi-point probe ( 10 ) further comprising a bevelled planar front face ( 13 ), a first side face ( 14 ), a second side face ( 14 ) on the opposite side of said multi-point probe ( 10 ) from said first side face ( 14 ), and an end face ( 15 ) on the opposite side of said multi-point probe ( 10 ) from said front face ( 13 ); each of said front face ( 13 ), first side face ( 14 ), second side face ( 14 ), and end face ( 15 ) joining said bottom face ( 12 ) and said top face ( 11 ), said front face and ( 13 ) and said bottom face ( 12 ) defining an acute internal front angle and a front edge ( 43 ) between them, said first side face ( 14 ) and said bottom face ( 12 ) defining a first side edge between them, said second side face ( 14 ) and said bottom face ( 12 ) defining a second side edge between them, and said end face ( 14 ) and said bottom face ( 12 ) defining an end edge between them; a longitudinal direction ( 46 ) of said multi-point probe ( 10 ) being defined along said first and second side edges and perpendicular to said front edge ( 43 ); said bottom face ( 12 ) being provided with an electrically conducting metal layer and a set of engraved cuts ( 23 ) dividing said metal layer into a plurality of contact pads ( 31 - 42 ), a plurality of electrical conduits ( 47 ), and a plurality of signal traces ( 31 ′- 42 ′) converging at said front edge ( 43 ) to a probe tip ( 26 ), each electrical conduit of said plurality of electrical conduits ( 47 ) interconnecting a respective contact pad of said plurality of contact pads ( 31 - 42 ) and signal trace of said plurality of signal traces ( 31 ′- 42 ′); said plurality of contact pads ( 31 - 42 ) being divided into a first row ( 31 - 36 ) and a second row ( 37 - 42 ) positioned beside each other and along said longitudinal direction ( 46 ), said first row ( 31 - 36 ) and said first side edge defining a first outer area ( 25 ) of said bottom face ( 12 ) between them, said second row ( 37 - 42 ) and said second side edge defining a second outer area ( 25 ) of said bottom face ( 12 ) between them, said first row ( 31 - 36 ) and said second row ( 37 - 42 ) defining an inner area between them; and said plurality of electrical conduits ( 47 ) being divided into an outer group and an inner group, an electrical conduit of said outer group traversing either of said first or second outer areas, and an electrical conduit of said inner group traversing said inner area.