Contact probe pin
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), Kobelco Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsTakayuki HIRANO, Takashi Miyamoto
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Abstract
The present invention provides a contact probe pin having both electrical conductivity and durability and being capable of realizing low adhesion to the device under test (particularly, tin contained therein) and thereby stably maintaining electrical contact over a long period of time. The present invention relates to a contact probe pin comprising: a base material; and a carbon film comprising at least one of a metal and a carbide thereof, wherein the carbon film is continuously formed over the surface of from a tip part of the contact probe pin to a lateral part of the contact probe pin, and a content of the at least one of a metal and a carbide thereof in the carbon film is continuously or intermittently decreased from the tip part toward the lateral part.
Claims6
A contact probe pin comprising:
- a base material;
- and a carbon film comprising at least one of a metal and a carbide thereof,
- wherein the carbon film is continuously formed over the surface of from a tip part of the contact probe pin to a lateral part of the contact probe pin, and a content of the at least one of a metal and a carbide thereof in the carbon film is continuously or intermittently decreased from the tip part toward the lateral part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.