Patent ID: 8212575

Claim:
A matrix analyzer for analyzing a conductive item, comprising: a matrix comprising a plurality of conductive row traces and a plurality of conductive column traces; an insulating material for supporting said conductive row traces and said conductive column traces in a vertical spaced apart relationship; a plurality of conductive pillars extending orthogonally from said conductive row and column traces, each said conductive pillar having a conductive end surface, and said conductive pillars are laterally supported by an insulating material; said matrix analyzer having a planar surface coplanar with the insulating material and the end surface of each said conductive pillar; a semiconductor substrate to which said matrix analyzer is mounted; and a row multiplexer and a column multiplexer formed in said semiconductor substrate, where said row multiplexer is connected to the conductive row traces and the column multiplexer is connected to the conductive column traces.