Apparatus for providing electrical access to one or more pads of the wafer using a wafer translator and a gasket

An apparatus for providing electrical access to one or more pads of one or more integrated circuits on a wafer, comprising:

• an edge-extended wafer translator having a wafer-side and an inquiry-side, a first plurality of contact terminals disposed on a first portion of the wafer-side, a second plurality of contact terminals disposed on a second portion of the wafer-side, a third plurality of contact terminals disposed on a first portion of the inquiry-side, and a fourth plurality of contact terminals disposed on a second portion the inquiry-side;
• wherein the second portion of the wafer-side is an area outside the region where the wafer removably attaches to the edge-extended wafer translator, and wherein the first plurality of contact terminals and the second plurality of contact terminals have different contact areas and different spacing therebetween;
• wherein the wafer is removably attached to the wafer-side of the edge-extended wafer translator by a pressure differential;
• wherein a gasket is disposed between the wafer and the edge-extended wafer translator.