Abstract:
An apparatus for testing semiconductor devices is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus includes a rolling contactor comprising a first cylindrical rotatable holder, a plurality of test pin sets, each one of the test pin sets being connected to the cylindrical rotatable holder. Each one of the test pin sets comprises a plurality of test pins, and a substrate configured to support a plurality of semiconductor devices. The semiconductor devices comprising one or more contact elements on a main surface thereof remote from the substrate, wherein the first cylindrical rotatable holder and the substrate are arranged relative to each other so that due to a rotating movement of the first cylindrical rotatable holder the test pins of the test pin sets are successively contacted with the contact elements of the semiconductor devices.
Abstract:
A method includes providing a semiconductor package comprising an encapsulant body and a plurality of leads that protrude out from the encapsulant body, providing a semiconductor device testing apparatus including a package holder, a plurality of contact test probes, and a lead extender, arranging the semiconductor package within the package holder, actuating the semiconductor device testing apparatus such that a first one of the contact test probes directly contacts a first one of the leads and such that a second one of the contact test probes directly contacts the lead extender, and applying a test current to the semiconductor package such that part of the test current flows through the first one of the contact test probes directly contacting the first one of the leads and such that part of the test current flows through the second one of the contact test probes directly contacting the lead extender.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method of testing a semiconductor component includes loading a plurality of semiconductor components into a main turret of a turret handler, transporting the plurality of semiconductor components using the main turret to a test area, and splitting the plurality of semiconductor components into a first set and a second set. The method further includes testing a first semiconductor component in the first set at a first test pad using a tester while transporting a second semiconductor component in the second set to a second test pad and testing the second semiconductor component using the tester while transporting the first semiconductor component out of the first test pad. The first set and the second set are merged into the plurality of semiconductor components and the plurality of semiconductor components are transported away from the test area using the main turret.
Abstract:
A lead frame strip includes connected unit lead frames each having a die paddle, a tie bar directly connecting the die paddle to a periphery of the unit lead frame, leads directly connected to the periphery of the unit lead frame and projecting toward the die paddle, and an opening in the periphery adjacent the tie bar. The openings in the periphery of the unit lead frames are spanned with an electrically insulating material that connects the tie bar of each unit lead frame to the periphery of the unit lead frame. The direct connections between the tie bars and the periphery of the unit lead frames are severed prior to subsequent processing, so that the tie bars remain connected to the periphery of the unit lead frames by the electrically insulating material and the die paddles are electrically disconnected from the periphery of the unit lead frames.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device is aligned by placing the semiconductor device in a nest between first and second sections of the nest when the nest is in a receiving position in which the first and second sections are spaced further apart from one another than when the nest is in an aligning position. The nest is moved from the receiving position to the aligning position with the semiconductor device in the nest so that the first and second sections are spaced closer to one another and align the semiconductor device in the nest. The semiconductor device is removed from the nest after the semiconductor device is aligned.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method of testing a semiconductor component includes loading a plurality of semiconductor components into a main turret of a turret handler, transporting the plurality of semiconductor components using the main turret to a test area, and splitting the plurality of semiconductor components into a first set and a second set. The method further includes testing a first semiconductor component in the first set at a first test pad using a tester while transporting a second semiconductor component in the second set to a second test pad and testing the second semiconductor component using the tester while transporting the first semiconductor component out of the first test pad. The first set and the second set are merged into the plurality of semiconductor components and the plurality of semiconductor components are transported away from the test area using the main turret.