Formfactor, Inc.

Michael Harburn

Treliant Fang

Onnik Yaglioglu

Igor Y Khandros

Gaetan L Mathieu

Alexander H Slocum, Jr

Rodney I Martens

Jimmy Kuo Chen

A technique for anchoring carbon nanotube columns to a substrate can include use of a filler material placed onto the surface of the substrate into area between the columns and surrounding a base portion of each of the columns.

Anchoring carbon nanotube columns

A composite spring contact structure includes a structural component and a conduction component distinct from each other and having differing mechanical and electrical characteristics. The structural component can include a group of carbon nanotubes. A mechanical characteristic of the composite spring contact structure can be dominated by a mechanical characteristic of the structural component, and an electrical characteristic of the composite spring contact structure can be dominated by an electrical characteristic of the conduction component. Composite spring contact structures can be used in probe cards and other electronic devices. Various ways of making contact structures are also disclosed.

Carbon nanotube spring contact structures with mechanical and electrical components

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San Ramon, CA, United States of America

Michael Harburn