Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LED light source probe card technology for testing CMOS image scan devices
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Application No.: US15835380Application Date: 2017-12-07
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Publication No.: US10352870B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: Nobuhiro Kawamata , Toshihiro Kasai , Hiromitsu Sasanami , Shigeki Mori
- Applicant: FormFactor, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Livermore
- Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Livermore
- Agency: Lumen Patent Firm
- Main IPC: G01N21/88
- IPC: G01N21/88 ; G01J1/42 ; G02B27/09 ; G01R31/28 ; H04N1/028 ; G01J1/08 ; G01J1/32 ; G01J1/04

Abstract:
Improved wafer-scale testing of optoelectronic devices, such as CMOS image scan devices, is provided. A probe card includes an LED light source corresponding to each device under test in the wafer. The LED light sources provide light from a phosphor illuminated by the LED. A pinhole and lens arrangement is used to collimate the light provided to the devices under test. Uniformity of illumination can be provided by closed loop control of the LED light sources using internal optical signals as feedback signals, in combination with calibration data relating the optical signal values to emitted optical intensity. Uniformity of illumination can be further improved by providing a neutral density filter for each LED light source to improve uniformity from one source to another and/or to improve uniformity of the radiation pattern from each LED light source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180164223A1 LED light source probe card technology for testing CMOS image scan devices Public/Granted day:2018-06-14
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