摘要:
In an integrated circuit assembly, know good die (KGD) are assembled on a substrate. Interconnect elements electrically connect pads on a die attached to the substrate to traces or other electrical conductors on the substrate or to pads on another die attached to the substrate. The substrate may have one or more openings, exposing pads of the die. The assembly may comprise one or more dice.
摘要:
Interconnection elements (752) and/or tip structures (770) for interconnection elements (752) may first be fabricated upon sacrificial substrates (702) for subsequent mounting to electronic components (784). In this manner, the electronic components (784) are not 'at risk' during the fabrication process. The sacrificial substrate (702) establishes a predetermined spatial relationship between the interconnection elements (752) which may be composite interconnection elements (752) having a relatively soft elongate element (752) as a core and a relatively hard (springy material) overcoat (754). Interconnection elements (752) may be fabricated upon tip structures (770), or may first be mounted to the electronic component (784) and the tip structures (770) joined to the free-ends of the interconnection elements (752). Tip structures (770) formed as cantilever beams are described.
摘要:
A probe assembly comprises a flexible wiring substrate (633) including a plurality of electrical connections to a semiconductor tester; and a plurality of compliant, elongate probes (639) disposed on said substrate in a pattern corresponding to a pattern of test features on a semiconductor device (505) to be tested, wherein said wiring of said substrate interconnects ones of said probes with ones of said electrical connections to said semiconductor tester.
摘要:
A method of making a microelectronic spring contact array comprises forming a plurality of spring contacts on a sacrificial substrate and then releasing the spring contacts from the sacrificial substrate. Each of the spring contacts has an elongated beam having a base end. The method of making the array includes attaching the spring contacts at their base ends to a base substrate after they have been released entirely from the sacrificial substrate, so that each contact extends from the base substrate to a distal end of its beams. The distal ends are aligned with a predetermined array of tip positions. In an embodiment of the invention, the spring contacts are formed by patterning contours of the spring contacts in a sacrificial layer on the sacrificial substrate. The walls of patterned recesses in the sacrificial layer define side profiles of the spring contacts, and a conductive material is deposited in the recesses to form the elongated beams of the spring contacts.
摘要:
Microelectronic spring contacts with fiducial alignment marks for use on a semiconductor wafer contactor or similar apparatus, and methods for making such marks by using a sacrificial substrate, are disclosed. Each alignment mark is placed on a pad adjacent to a contact tip. The alignment mark is positioned on the pad so that it will not contact the terminal or any other part of a wafer under test. The alignment mark and the contact tip are preferably positioned on the pad in the same lithographic step. Then, the pad and like pads, selected ondes of which also have similar alignment marks, are attached to the ends of an array of resilient contact elements. A plurality of alignment marks accurately positioned in relation to a plurality of contact tips on a contactor is thus disclosed. Configurations for ensuring that the alignment marks remain free of debris and easily located for essentially the entire life of the contactare disclosed, as are various different exemplary shapes of alignment marks.
摘要:
A main power source supplies current through path impedance to a power terminal of an integrated circuit device under test (DUT). The DUT's demand for current at the power input terminal temporarily increases following edges of a clock signal applied to the DUT during a test as transistors within the IC switch in response to the clock signal edges. To limit variation (noise) in voltage at the power input terminal, an auxiliary power supply supplies an additional current pulse to the power input terminal to meet the increased demand during each cycle of the clock signal. The magnitude of the current pulse is a function of a predicted increase in current demand during that clock cycle, and of the magnitude of an adaption signal controlled by a feedback circuit provided to limit variation in voltage developed at the DUT's power input terminal.
摘要:
A probe card cooling assembly for use in a test system or a semiconductor package includes a package with one or more dies cooled by direct cooling. The cooled package includes one or more dies with active electronic components and at least one coolant port that allows a coolant to enter the high-density package and directly cool the active electronic components of the dies during a operation.
摘要:
Spring contact elements are fabricated by depositing at least one layer of metallic material into openings defined in masking layers deposited on a surface of a substrate which may be an electronic component such as an active semiconductor device. Each spring contact element has a base end, a contact end, and a central body portion. The contact end is offset in the z-axis (at a different height) and in at least one of the x and y directions from the base end. In this manner, a plurality of spring contact elements are fabricated in a prescribed spatial relationship with one another on the substrate. The spring contact elements make temporary (i.e., pressure) or permanent (e.g., joined by soldering or brazing or with a conductive adhesive) connections with terminals of another electronic component to effect electrical connections therebetween. In an exemplary application, the spring contact elements are disposed on semiconductor devices resident on a semiconductor wafer so that temporary connections can be made with the semiconductor devices to burn-in and/or test the semiconductor devices.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a method and system compensating for thermally induced motion of probe cards used in testing die on a wafer. A probe card incorporating temperature control devices to maintain a uniform temperature throughout the thickness of the probe card is disclosed. A probe card incorporating bi-material stiffening elements or shaped memory allows wich response to changes in temperature in such a way as to counteract thermally induced motion of the probe card is disclosed including rolling elements, slots and lubrication. Various means for allowing radial expansion of a probe card to prevent thermally induced motion of the probe card are also disclosed. A method for detecting thermally induced movement of the probe card and moving the wafer to compensate is also disclosed.
摘要:
A probe card assembly comprising: a probe card comprising a plurality of electrical contacts; a probe substrate having a plurality of elongate, resilient probe elements; a second substrate disposed between and spaced from said probe card and said probe; and a plurality of elongate interconnection elements providing compliant electrical connections through said second substrate between said probe card and said probe substrate and thereby electrically connecting ones of said electrical contacts with ones of said probe elements.