Patent ID: 7768282

Claim:
A probe apparatus for probing a semiconductor device by a tester, comprising: a probe that probes the semiconductor device mounted on a probe station; wherein the probe comprises: a probe conductor; a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer being disposed around the probe conductor; a conductive coating layer, the conductive coating layer covering and being disposed around the probe dielectric layer; a conductive high temperature foam layer, the foam layer being disposed around the conductive coating layer; and a strain relief clamping device mounting the probe onto the probe station; a signal cable that carries a signal from the probe to the tester; a terminating device that terminates a proximal end of the probe with a distal end of the signal cable side by side; and a second conductive high temperature foam layer which is disposed between the probe and the probe station on a first side, disposed between the signal cable and the probe station on a second side, and disposed within an opening area of the probe station therebetween.