Apparatus for probing multiple integrated circuit devices
AssigneeStar Technologies Inc.
InventorsChoon-Leong Lou, Mei-Shu Hsu
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Abstract
A probing apparatus comprises a platform with a rectangular opening, two vertical rails positioned at two sides of the rectangular opening, two vertical sliding modules each including a vertical sliding base positioned on the vertical rail, a bearing member and a pivot connecting the vertical sliding base and the bearing member, at least one non-circular lateral rail with two ends positioned on the bearing member of the vertical sliding module, at least one lateral sliding module each including a lateral sliding base positioned on the lateral rail and a hanger positioned on the lateral sliding base, and at least one tunable stage configured to hang on the non-circular lateral rail via the hanger of the lateral sliding module.
Claims9
An apparatus for probing multiple integrated circuit devices, comprising:
- a platform with an opening;
- two vertical rails positioned at two sides of the opening;
- two vertical sliding modules each including a vertical sliding base positioned on the vertical rail, a bearing member, and a pivot connecting the vertical sliding base and the bearing member;
- at least one non-circular lateral rail with two ends positioned on the bearing member of the vertical sliding module;
- at least one lateral sliding module each including a lateral sliding base positioned on the lateral rail and a hanger positioned on the lateral sliding base;
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- at least one tunable stage configured to hang on the non-circular lateral rail via the hanger of the lateral sliding module, the tunable stage comprising:
- a carrier configured to load a probe card including a circuit board and a plurality of probes fixed on the circuit board;
- an angular adjusting module configured to adjust an angle between the probe card and an integrated circuit device under test by rotating the carrier in an x-y plane that is parallel to the loaded probe card;
- a first driving module configured to adjust a relative position along the x-axis between the probe card and the device under test;
- a second driving module configured to adjust a relative position along the y-axis between the probe card and the device under test;
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- a third driving module configured to adjust a relative position along the z-axis between the probe card and the device under test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.