Patent ID: 7792010

Claim:
A probe storage device comprising: a scanner chip body including at least a mechanical ground portion having first and second opposing planar surfaces, a scan table suspension portion and, first and second coil mounting cavities; a scan table moveably mounted to the scan table suspension portion, the scan table including a top surface and a back surface; a first coil mounted in the first coil mounting cavity; a second coil mounted in the second coil mounting cavity; a probe array chip fixedly mounted to the first surface of the mechanical ground portion; a first plate having main body section including first and second opposing surfaces, the second surface being fixedly mounted to the first surface of the mechanical ground portion; a second plate having a main body portion including first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface being fixedly mounted to the second surface of the mechanical ground portion; and a desiccant layer positioned upon at least one of the first surface of the second plate, the back surface of the scan table and one of the first and second surfaces of the mechanical ground portion, wherein the desiccant layer is configured to absorb any moisture present in the probe storage device.