CONTACT PROBE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contact probe for improving electrical contact properties in probing without reducing wear-resistance properties of a contact section and strength against force in a direction orthogonal to a conductive layer, and to provide a manufacturing method of the contact probe. SOLUTION: In the manufacturing method of a contact probe where a plate member laminated on a flat surface is erected vertically for use, a sacrifice layer of which the surface gradually rises as the layer is separated from one end of the plate member is formed at an extension section of one end of the plate member laminated on a flat surface, a conductive layer is formed along the surfaces of the plate member and the sacrifice layer, and the conductive layer is ground so that the layer becomes parallel with the plane of the plate member, and a contact section of which the sectional area gradually decreases toward the tip is formed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT