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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry W Zimmer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Daniel A Worsham, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
Pacific Western Systems, Mountain View, CA (US);
SP3, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250306 ; 250307 ; 73105 ; 324715 ; 324717 ; 324718 ; 324719 ; 324722 ; 324724 ; 324754 ; 324757 ; 324758 ; 324765 ; 428408 ; 428457 ;
Abstract
A probe for electrical contact with a metal layer of an integrated circuit wherein the probe features a polycrystalline diamond layer coating a fine conductive wire. The diamond coating has exposed pyramidal facets having a density of at least 2000 per square millimeter. The substrate has a radius exceeding one micrometer.