A sheet-like probe and a method of producing the probe. In the probe
electrode structure bodies do not come out from an insulation film and
achieve high durability, and in a burn-in test for a wafer having a large
area and for a circuit device having to-be-inspected electrodes with
small intervals, positional displacement, caused by temperature
variation, between the electrode structure bodies and the to-be-inspected
electrode can be reliably prevented for stable connection conditions. The
sheet-like probe includes an insulation layer and a contact film provided
with electrode structure bodies arranged on the insulation layer to be
apart from each other in the surface direction of the insulation layer
and penetratingly extend in the thickness direction of the insulation
layer. The electrode structure bodies each are composed of a surface
electrode section exposed to the front surface of the insulation layer.