Patent ID: 8717054

Claim:
A method of creating a probe structure for contacting a first electronic components wherein the probe structure comprises a contact tip for contacting the first electronic component and a compliant body, the method comprising: a) forming at least a portion of the compliant body and the contact tip from one or more multiple material layers of electrodeposited material, wherein during formation of each multiple material layer at least one of the multiple materials is at least one structural material and wherein at least another one of the multiple materials is at least one sacrificial material and wherein at least a plurality of the multiple materials are planarized to set a boundary level for each of the one or more multiple material layers; and b) after forming the compliant body and the contact tip, releasing the at least one structural material from the at least one sacrificial material to reveal the probe structure formed from the at least one structural material, wherein the at least one structural material forming the compliant body comprises at least one material that is different from the at least one structural material forming the contact tip, wherein each successive layer is formed on the simultaneously adhered to a previously formed layer; and wherein the compliant body provides for elastic compression of the probe structure in a plane of primary motion when making contact with the first electronic component and wherein during formation of the probe structure, a stacking direction of layers forming the probe structure is perpendicular to the plane of primary motion.