Contactor having contact electrodes of metal springs embedded in a plate-like structure

摘要

A contactor has contact electrodes elastically deformable in a direction of thickness of the contactor so that the contactor can make a contact with a semiconductor device with an appropriate contact pressure. The contactor is positioned between the semiconductor device and a test board so as to electrically connect the semiconductor device to the test board. Each of a plurality of contact electrodes has a first contact electrode part, a second contact electrode part and a connecting part electrically connecting the first contact electrode part to the second contact electrode part. The first contact electrode part contacts an electrode of the semiconductor device. The second contact electrode part contacts a terminal of the test board. A combining member has an insulating characteristic and holds the connecting part of each of the contact electrodes in a predetermined arrangement.