Patent 7898274 was granted and assigned to Nanya Technology Corporation on March, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A split-type probe is used to contact with an object under test to detect an electrical characteristic thereof. The probe provided by the present invention has a contact head used to contact with the object under test, and a first needle body and a second needle body. The first needle body is connected to the contact head to transmit a testing signal to the object under test for performing detection. In addition, the second needle body is also connected to the contact head to transmit a response signal generated by the object under test due to the testing signal to obtain the electrical characteristic of the object under test.