Wireless probe card verification system and method

摘要

A probe card assembly can include a wireless link to an external verifier (e.g., debugger). The wireless link can interface to a boundary scan interface of a controller on the probe card assembly. The wireless link can allow for verification of the probe card assembly while it is installed within a prober.

主权项

1. A probe card assembly comprising:
a first substrate; a plurality of resilient probes disposed on said first substrate and arranged to contact corresponding pads of a device under test (DUT); a tester interface configured to provide a communications link with a tester for controlling testing of said DUT; a controller coupled to said tester interface and comprising a debugger interface to a debugger for debugging said probe card assembly, wherein said debugger is a distinct and different piece of equipment than said tester and said debugger interface is a distinct and different interface than said tester interface; and a wireless transceiver configured to establish a wireless communications link between said debugger interface and said debugger, wherein said wireless communications link is a distinct and different communications link than said communications link to said tester.