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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Tomohisa Hoshino, Amagasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Muneo Harada, Nishinomiya, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohisa Hoshino, Amagasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Muneo Harada, Nishinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a probe needle having beams and a contactor placed on tips of the beams comprises preparing a Si wafer, forming a seed layeron the Si wafer, and forming grooves in a desired shape of the beams on the seed layerby patterning a photoresist. Subsequently, the grooves are filled up with metal-plated layersto form the desired shape of beams.