Patent ID: 7362116

Claim:
A method for probing, comprising: determining, for use in a probing system, a first characteristic associated with a substrate loaded on a substrate supporter; determining, for use in the probing system, a second characteristic associated with a probe card loaded on a probe card supporter; determining, for use in the probing system, a set of velocities for moving at least one of said substrate supporter and said probe card supporter relative to each other based on said first characteristic and said second characteristic to cause a contact between said probe card and said substrate, said velocities including one or more fast velocities and one or more slower velocities with respect to said fast velocities, said velocities allowing a fast moving of at least one of said probe card and said substrate relative to each other and a slow moving for a microtouch impact between said probe card and said substrate, wherein the slow moving occurs before any impact; and executing motions to carry out said moving.