# US 2019/0377002 A1 · Probe card including straight needle having adjustable contact force > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0377002 A1 - Document ID: US20190377002A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/464,477 - Filed: 2017-12-27 - Published: 2019-12-12 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-27 - Assignees: Teps Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Teps Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jaebok LEE; Deokha HWANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190377002A1 ## CPC - G01R 1/07314: {the body of the probe being perpendicular to test object, e.g. bed of nails or probe with bump contacts on a rigid support (on an elastic support, e.g. a film, G01R1/0735)} - G01R 1/07357: {with flexible bodies, e.g. buckling beams} - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract Disclosed is a needle probe card including: a first plate having a plurality of needle holes into which straight needles are inserted and installed to face a test object; a second plate having a plurality of needle holes into which the straight needles are inserted and installed above the first plate so as to be relatively movable in a first direction with respect to the first plate; a needle drop prevention plate having a plurality of needle holes into which the straight needles are inserted and installed between the first plate and the second plate so as to be relatively movable in the first direction with respect to each of the first plate and the second plate; and a displacement amount adjustment means configured to adjust a relative displacement amount among the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate in the first direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A straight needle probe card capable of adjusting a contact force of straight needles, the straight needle probe card comprising: a first plate having a plurality of needle holes into which the straight needles are inserted and installed to face a test object; a second plate having a plurality of needle holes into which the straight needles are inserted and installed above the first plate so as to be relatively movable in a first direction with respect to the first plate; a needle drop prevention plate having a plurality of needle holes into which the straight needles are inserted and installed between the first plate and the second plate so as to be relatively movable in the first direction with respect to each of the first plate and the second plate; and a displacement amount adjustment means configured to adjust a relative displacement amount among the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate in the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The straight needle probe card of claim 1, further comprising a height adjustment plate installed between the first plate and the needle drop prevention plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The straight needle probe card of claim 1, wherein the displacement amount adjustment means includes a plurality of displacement amount adjustment holes formed in each of the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The straight needle probe card of claim 3, wherein the displacement amount adjustment holes are formed in two rows in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The straight needle probe card of claim 1, wherein the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate are formed with a guide means to guide displacements thereof in the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The straight needle probe card of claim 5, wherein the guide means includes guide holes which have an elongated shape in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The straight needle probe card of claim 6, wherein two guide holes are formed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The straight needle probe card of claim 1, further comprising a fixing means configured to fix positions of the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate in the first direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The straight needle probe card of claim 1, further comprising an interference prevention guide film having a plurality of needle holes and installed between the needle drop prevention plate and the first plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The straight needle probe card of claim 9, further comprising a third plate having a plurality of needle holes and installed between the first plate and the interference prevention guide film. ### Claim 11 A method for adjusting a contact force of straight needles of a straight needle probe card, the method comprising: inserting the straight needles into a plurality of needle holes formed in a first plate, a second plate, and a needle drop prevention plate; moving the second plate and the needle drop prevention plate in a first direction according to the contact force that the straight needle needs to have such that one of a plurality of displacement amount adjustment holes, which are formed in the second plate and the needle drop prevention plate, and the corresponding displacement amount adjustment hole of the first plate are concentric with each other; and inserting a fixing means into the displacement amount adjustment holes of the first plate, the second plate, and the needle drop prevention plate, which are concentric with each other.