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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. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ron A. Peters, Tigard, OR (US);
Assignee:
Cascade Microtech, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 ; G01R 1/18 ; G01R 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/04 ; G01R 1/18 ; G01R 3/100 ;
Abstract
A probe station for probing a test device has a chuck assembly substantially enclosed by an environment control enclosure and laterally movable relative to such enclosure. The environment control enclosure includes a flexible wall assembly interconnected with the chuck assembly to enable such lateral movement thereof along mutually perpendicular directions while maintaining the integrity of the enclosure. The flexible wall assembly has flexible pleats formed therein extending along respective different lateral directions to enable such lateral movement.