摘要:
A test station (6) for testing leakage current through the insulating package (42) of power electronic components (3), said test station comprising: first contact portions (36) for applying a first test voltage on one or more pins (40) of said tested components, second contact portions (24, 37, 370, 25, 26) for applying a second test voltage on several external faces of said insulating package of said tested components,
characterized in that said second contact portions are arranged for contacting several mutually orthogonal faces of said power electronic components (3).
摘要:
Integrated circuit packages with multiple integrated circuit dies are provided. A multichip package may include a master die that is coupled to one or more slave dies via inter-die package interconnects. A mixed (i.e., active and passive) interconnect redundancy scheme may be implemented to help repair potentially faulty interconnects to improve assembly yield. Interconnects that carry normal user signals may be repaired using an active redundancy scheme by selectively switching into use a spare driver block when necessary. On the other hand, interconnects that carry power-on-reset signals, initialization signals, and other critical control signals for synchronizing the operation between the master and slave dies may be supported using a passive redundancy scheme by using two or more duplicate wires for each critical signal.
摘要:
An apparatus with package integrity monitoring capability, includes: a package (100) having a die (102) connected to an interposer (104) through a plurality of bumps (106, 108), wherein at least some of the bumps comprise dummy bumps (106); a package integrity monitor (202) having a transmitter (204) to transmit a test signal and a receiver (206) to receive the test signal; and a first scan chain (208) comprising a plurality of alternating interconnects (210, 212) in the die (102) and in the interposer (104) connecting some of the dummy bumps (106) in series, wherein the first scan chain (208) has a first end coupled to the transmitter (204) of the package integrity monitor (202) and a second end coupled to the receiver (206) of the package integrity monitor (202).
摘要:
A semiconductor device for use in a package comprising an output pin (310) and a reference pin (320) is described. The semiconductor device comprises a plurality of output pads (1 1 1, 1 12) bondable to the output pin (310), a plurality of reference pads (121, 122) bondable to the reference pin (320), and an output driver circuitry (400). The output driver circuitry (400) has a control terminal (400C) for receiving a control signal and arranged to drive the plurality of output pads (111, 112) relative to the plurality of reference pads (121, 122) in dependence on the control signal. The output driver circuitry comprises a plurality of driver sections (401, 402) and a selection circuitry (600). Each driver section is arranged to drive an output pad (111; 112) relative to the single reference pad (121; 122) in dependence on a respective section control signal. The plurality of reference pads (121, 122) is connected in a one-to-one relationship to the plurality of driver sections (401, 402). The plurality of output pads (111, 112) is connected in a one-to-one relationship to the plurality of driver sections (401, 402). The selection circuitry is arranged to provide the respective section control signals to the plurality of driver sections (401, 402) in dependence on at least one selection signal and the control signal. A packaged semiconductor device, a method of testing and a method of conditioning are also described.
摘要:
An inspection system (1), for inspecting pin grid arrays (15) on integrated circuit devices (10) includes a pin base mask (30) configured to receive a device having a pin grid array (15) . A dark-field, low-angle lighting system (40) emits light onto the pin grid array (15) . The pin base mask (30) and low-angle lighting system (40) provide for a clear and definitive image of the pin grid array (15) . A camera (50) captures the image of the pin grid array (15). A processor (90) , coupled to the camera (50) , analyzes the images captured by the camera (50) . Based on the captured image, the processor (90) determines whether any pins on the pin grid array (15) are bent (13, 14) or missing, or whether there are extra pins present.
摘要:
A method for testing thermal interface materials (TIMs) that comprise stacks of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays, wherein the thermal interface material is provided as an adhesive foil substrate and is compressed between a heat-generating electronic device and a heat sink and exposed to at least 1500 thermal cycles.
摘要:
An integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes input and output pads, a first integrated circuit portion having first circuitry, and a second integrated circuit portion having second circuitry different from the first circuitry. The first integrated circuit portion is configured to provide an input test signal from the input pad to the second integrated circuit portion, and provide an output test signal from the second integrated circuit portion to the output pad, the output test signal being generated by second integrated circuit portion in response to the input test signal.
摘要:
A substrate inspection apparatus can efficiently inspect electric characteristics of the semiconductor device. A prober 10 includes a probe card 15 having a multiple number of probe needles 17 to be brought into contact with electrodes of a semiconductor device formed on a wafer W; and a test box 14 electrically connected to the probe card 15. A card-side inspection circuit of the probe card 15 reproduces a circuit configuration on which the semiconductor device is to be mounted after separated from the wafer W, e.g., the circuit configuration of a function extension card, and a box-side inspection circuit 21 of the test box 14 reproduces a circuit configuration on which the semiconductor device is to be mounted, e.g., a part of the circuit configuration of the mother board.
摘要:
A method and structure use characteristics of a plasma discharge for verifying a hermetic seal. The plasma discharge is created in a hermetically sealed cavity by a pair of spaced electrodes that extend from tips inside the hermetically sealed cavity to contacts outside the sealed cavity. An electrical bias is applied to the contacts that is sufficient to create a plasma discharge in a properly hermetically sealed cavity but not in an unsealed cavity.