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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Formfactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/07307 (2013.01); G01R 1/07314 (2013.01);
Abstract
Crosstalk between probes in a vertical probe array is reduced by providing a grounded metal carrier disposed between the guide plates of the probe array. The metal carrier includes pockets that are laterally separated from each other by the metal carrier. Probes in different pockets are thereby electrically shielded from each other.