发明名称 Method and apparatus for mounting, inspecting and adjusting probe card needles
摘要 A method and apparatus for mounting, inspecting, and adjusting probe card needles used during testing of fabricated circuits. A build wafer, comprised of build and scrub target patterns, is used to mount and re-work probe needle assemblies onto a probe card. Each build target is composed of a hard material that is resistant to probe needle scratching, and is offset a preset distance from the position of the bonding pads on the actual wafer to be tested. Each scrub target is composed of a soft material that is easily disturbed by the probe needle's scrubbing action. By counting the number of lines broken or cut by a probe needle's scrub mark, the approximate length and width of the scrub mark may be ascertained. An adjustment tool is designed to fit snugly around the untapered, thickest portion of the probe needle. The tool is rotated along the axis of the probe needle shaft, allowing the technician to "tweak" the probe needle either up or down. In one embodiment, the tool consists of a three parallel cylinders, triangularly spaced, and attached orthogonally to the end of an offset lever. The spacing between the cylinders can accommodate the diameter of the thickest portion of a probe needle.
申请公布号 US5890390(A) 申请公布日期 1999.04.06
申请号 US19950402726 申请日期 1995.03.13
申请人 SILICON SYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 THROSSEL, FRED
分类号 G01R31/26;G01R1/06;G01R1/067;G01R1/073;G01R3/00;G01R31/28;G01R35/02;H01L21/66;(IPC1-7):H01L21/265 主分类号 G01R31/26
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