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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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01K 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01K 3/10 ;
Abstract
A spiral contactor for establishing an electric connection with a semiconductor device or an electronic part including a solder ball includes a spiral probe having a spiral shape, as viewed from the top. The spiral probe is embedded in an insulating substrate in a manner that permits resilient deformation thereof in accordance with a shape of the solder ball. An edge of the spiral probe is pressed to engage the solder ball, and slides along a periphery of the solder ball, thereby cutting an oxide membrane thereon. The spiral contactor may be manufactured by combination of the photolithography technique and the plating process, and used for a semiconductor inspecting apparatus and an electronic part.