Integrated circuit probe
OwnerCharles Wheeler Coberlyinventor
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Abstract
In an apparatus for making pressure electrical connections at a plurality of precisely located points on an exposed circuit lying in substantially a single plane, the improvement comprising: An insulative organic plastic substrate carrying one or more thin conductive elements which project upwardly, generally at right angles, to the major surface of said substrate, the elements including a contact point which extends beyond the edge of said substrate and is adapted to contact said exposed circuit.
Claims10
In an apparatus for making pressure electrical connections at a plurality of precisely located points on an exposed circuit lying in substantially a single plane, the improvement comprising:
- an insulative substrate having a linear groove extending from one surface a limited extent into the substrate, said groove being parallel to the edge of the substrate,
- a plurality of generally-parallel sheet-like contacts of conductive spring material each having a key portion which is received edgewise within the groove and having edge portions extending beyond the edge of the substrate and outwardly thereof beyond an outer substrate surface;
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- between and abutting each of said sheet-like contacts, a spacer of predetermined thickness and comprising a thin generally coextensive layer of dielectric insulating material;
- said exposed circuit plane being located at the substrate edge such that the contact edge portions are resiliently urged substantially normally against respective portions of the circuit completing connection with collateral circuit apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.