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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Theodore A. Khoury, Chicago, IL (US);
James W. Frame, Chicago, IL (US);
Advantest Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A contact structure for establishing electrical communication with contact targets with improved contact performance including frequency bandwidth, contact pitch, reliability and cost. The contact structure is formed of a plurality of finger like contactors mounted on a contact substrate. Each of the contactors includes a silicon base having an inclined support portion, an insulation layer formed on the silicon base and projected from the inclined support, and a conductive layer made of conductive material formed on the insulation layer so that a beam portion is created by the insulation layer and the conductive layer, wherein the beam portion exhibits a spring force in a transversal direction of the beam portion to establish a contact force when the tip of the beam portion pressed against a contact target. An adhesive is applied for bonding the contactors to the surface of the contact substrate.
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