Invention Application
- Patent Title: PROBE SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING ACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
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Application No.: US15056803Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US20170248973A1Publication Date: 2017-08-31
- Inventor: Michael Teich , Jörg Kiesewetter , Ulf Hackius , Frank Zill , Mirko Kreher
- Applicant: Cascade Microtech, Inc.
- Main IPC: G05D7/06
- IPC: G05D7/06 ; H01L21/687 ; G01R31/26 ; H01L21/66 ; G01R31/00 ; G05B19/418 ; H01L21/67

Abstract:
Probe systems and methods including active environmental control are disclosed herein. The methods include placing a substrate, which includes a device under test (DUT), on a support surface of a chuck. The support surface extends within a measurement environment that is at least partially surrounded by a measurement chamber. The methods further include determining a variable associated with a moisture content of the measurement environment and receiving a temperature associated with the measurement environment. The methods also include supplying a purge gas stream to the measurement chamber at a purge gas flow rate and selectively varying the purge gas flow rate such that a dew point temperature of the measurement environment is within a target dew point temperature range. The methods further include providing a test signal to the DUT and receiving a resultant signal from the DUT. The systems include probe systems that perform the methods.
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