Miniature probe positioning actuator
    1.
    发明授权
    Miniature probe positioning actuator 失效
    微型探头定位执行器

    公开(公告)号:US5635849A

    公开(公告)日:1997-06-03

    申请号:US643523

    申请日:1996-05-06

    CPC分类号: G01R1/06705

    摘要: Disclosed is a Probe Positioning Actuator which is low in cost and mass, capable of high accelerations, relatively long stroke and compact packaging, as well as high in efficiency. The actuator assembly comprises a frame, and at least one pair of spaced apart, laterally extending, conductor carrying, flexible beams attached to the frame. A non-magnetic armature, substantially U-shaped in cross section, is attached adjacent or approximate the extended terminal ends of the beams, and a probe is attached to the base of the "U" of the armature for contacting selected points in the electrical circuit associated with the device being tested. The heart of the actuator includes a coil mounted on the upstanding legs of the U-shaped armature and arranged so that the axis of the coil is perpendicular to the base of the armature but substantially parallel to the probe tip. This arrangement places the `motor` portion of the actuator adjacent the probe and permits accurate and repeatable, fast control of not only probe tip position but probe tip movement. To complete the motor portion of the actuator, means, carried by the frame create a magnetic field across the coil, whereby upon energization of the coil, deflection of the armature (and thus the beams) occurs, effecting movement of the probe tip into contact with selected portions of the device being tested.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种探头定位致动器,其成本和质量低,能够具有高加速度,相对长的行程和紧凑的包装以及高的效率。 致动器组件包括框架,以及连接到框架的至少一对间隔开的横向延伸的导体承载的柔性梁。 基本上U形的横截面的非磁性衔铁被安装在梁的延伸的末端附近或近似的位置,并且探头附接到电枢的“U”的底部,用于接触电气中的选定点 与被测设备相关的电路。 致动器的心脏包括安装在U形衔铁的直立腿上的线圈,并被布置成使得线圈的轴线垂直于电枢的基部,但基本上平行于探针尖端。 这种布置使致动器的“电动机”部分邻近探头,并且允许精确和可重复地,快速地控制探针尖端位置,但是探针尖端运动。 为了完成致动器的电动机部分,由框架承载的装置在线圈上产生磁场,由此在线圈通电时,发生电枢(以及因此的梁)的偏转,使探针尖端移动到接触 该设备的选定部分被测试。

    Miniature probe positioning actuator
    2.
    发明授权
    Miniature probe positioning actuator 失效
    微型探头定位执行器

    公开(公告)号:US5532611A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-02

    申请号:US451635

    申请日:1995-05-26

    CPC分类号: G01R1/06705

    摘要: Disclosed is a Probe Positioning Actuator which is low in cost and mass, capable of high accelerations, relatively long stroke and compact packaging, as well as high in efficiency. The actuator assembly comprises a frame, and at least one pair of spaced apart, laterally extending, conductor carrying, flexible beams attached to the frame. A non-magnetic armature, substantially U-shaped in cross section, is attached adjacent or approximate the extended terminal ends of the beams, and a probe is attached to the base of the "U" of the armature for contacting selected points in the electrical circuit associated with the device being tested. The heart of the actuator includes a coil mounted on the upstanding legs of the U-shaped armature and arranged so that the axis of the coil is perpendicular to the base of the armature but substantially parallel to the probe tip. This arrangement places the `motor` portion of the actuator adjacent the probe and permits accurate and repeatable, fast control of not only probe tip position but probe tip movement. To complete the motor portion of the actuator, means, carried by the frame create a magnetic field across the coil, whereby upon energization of the coil, deflection of the armature (and thus the beams) occurs, effecting movement of the prob into contact with selected portions of the device being tested.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种探头定位致动器,其成本和质量低,能够具有高加速度,相对长的行程和紧凑的包装以及高的效率。 致动器组件包括框架,以及连接到框架的至少一对间隔开的横向延伸的导体承载的柔性梁。 基本上U形的横截面的非磁性衔铁被安装在梁的延伸的末端附近或近似的位置,并且探头附接到电枢的“U”的底部,用于接触电气中的选定点 与被测设备相关的电路。 致动器的心脏包括安装在U形衔铁的直立腿上的线圈,并被布置成使得线圈的轴线垂直于电枢的基部,但基本上平行于探针尖端。 这种布置使致动器的“电动机”部分邻近探头,并且允许精确和可重复地,快速地控制探针尖端位置,但是探针尖端运动。 为了完成致动器的电动机部分,由框架承载的装置在线圈上产生磁场,由此在线圈通电时,发生电枢(以及因此的梁)的偏转,从而实现与该 正在测试的设备的所选部分。

    High speed test probe positioning system
    3.
    发明授权
    High speed test probe positioning system 失效
    高速测试探头定位系统

    公开(公告)号:US5550483A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-27

    申请号:US342433

    申请日:1994-11-18

    IPC分类号: G01R1/067 G01R31/02

    CPC分类号: G01R1/06705

    摘要: Probing system performance is improved by dynamically positioning a test probe at a test site during the gantry settling interval using a high performance secondary positioner to compensate for the inherent moving mass oscillational displacements. A primary positioner positions the gantry and its associated test probe to within a predetermined axis distance of the test site and a secondary positioner dynamically maintains the test probe at a target position corresponding to the test site during the settling interval by imparting compensating displacements to the test probe to counteract the displacement errors incurred as the primary positioner attempts to settle the gantry at the test site. Similarly, automatic machine tool performance is improved by dynamically positioning a work tool at a work site during the gantry settling interval using a high performance secondary positioner to compensate for the inherent moving mass oscillational displacements. A primary positioner positions the gantry and its associated work tool to within a predetermined axis distance of the work site and a secondary positioner dynamically maintains the work tool at a target position corresponding to the work site during the settling interval by imparting compensating displacements to the work tool to counteract the displacement errors incurred as the primary positioner attempts to settle the gantry at the work site.

    摘要翻译: 通过使用高性能辅助定位器在机架沉降间隔期间在测试位置处动态定位测试探头来补偿固有的移动质量振荡位移,来提高系统性能。 主要定位器将机架及其相关联的测试探针定位在测试位置的预定轴距离内,并且辅助定位器通过赋予测试的补偿位移在静止间隔期间将测试探针动态地维持在对应于测试位置的目标位置 探测器可以抵消由于主要定位器试图在测试现场安装龙门架时发生的位移误差。 类似地,通过使用高性能二次定位器在机架沉降间隔期间通过在工作现场的动态定位工作工具来补偿固有的移动质量振荡位移,从而提高了自动机床性能。 主要定位器将机架及其相关联的工作工具定位在工作现场的预定轴距离内,并且辅助定位器通过向工件施加补偿位移来将工作工具在对应于工作现场的目标位置处动态地维持在工作位置 作为主要定位者试图在工地上定位龙门架时发生的位移错误的工具。

    Open frame gantry probing system
    4.
    发明授权
    Open frame gantry probing system 失效
    开式龙门探测系统

    公开(公告)号:US5543726A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-06

    申请号:US176810

    申请日:1994-01-03

    CPC分类号: G01R1/07335

    摘要: A system for probing both sides of a high density printed circuit board includes an open frame extending around the circuit board when it is held in a test position by a circuit board carrier. The frame includes two parallel rail structures extending above, and at opposite ends of, the circuit board in the test position. The frame also includes another two parallel rail structures extending below, and at opposite ends of, the circuit board. The upper and lower rail structures extend perpendicularly to one another, and are fastened together at the corners of the frame by means of compression bolt assemblies. Two gantry structures are moved in a first direction between the upper rail structures, while two other gantry structures are moved in a direction perpendicular to the first direction between the lower rail structures. A carriage moves along each gantry structure, and a probe is mounted on each carriage to be moved toward and away from the adjacent surface of the circuit board. The circuit board is moved by a board carrier between a position, outside the frame, in which it is loaded and unloaded, and the test position.

    摘要翻译: 用于探测高密度印刷电路板的两侧的系统包括当通过电路板载体保持在测试位置时围绕电路板延伸的开放框架。 该框架包括在测试位置的电路​​板的上方和相对两端延伸的两个平行的轨道结构。 框架还包括在电路板的下方和相对端延伸的另外两个平行的轨道结构。 上下轨道结构彼此垂直延伸,并通过压缩螺栓组件在框架的角部处紧固在一起。 两个龙门结构在上轨道结构之间沿第一方向移动,而两个其他机架结构在垂直于下轨道结构之间的第一方向的方向上移动。 托架沿着每个机架结构移动,并且探针安装在每个托架上以朝向和远离电路板的相邻表面移动。 电路板由板载体在框架外部位于其装载和卸载位置之间的位置和测试位置之间移动。

    Miniature probe positioning actuator
    5.
    发明授权
    Miniature probe positioning actuator 失效
    微型探头定位执行器

    公开(公告)号:US5804982A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-08

    申请号:US451634

    申请日:1995-05-26

    CPC分类号: G01R1/06705

    摘要: Disclosed is a Mini Probe Positioning Actuator which is low in cost and mass, capable of high accelerations, relatively long stroke and compact packaging. The probe positioning actuator is composed of a pair of substantially parallel cantilevered beams, each beam being comprised of flexible, signal carrying cable formed of a polyimide composition which allows for the probe tip to be suspended from and form part of the armature of the actuator. The armature also includes a pair of oppositely wound coils intermediate the beams, which coils coact electromagnetically with a pair of spaced apart but fixedly positioned (relative to the coils/armature) magnets forming a motor for effecting armature and thus probe tip movement. The light mass of the coils and armature and the dual functional purpose of the suspension beams serves to make the probe actuator highly accurate and sensitive while allowing for reliable operation.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种小型探头定位致动器,其成本和质量低,能够高加速度,相对较长的行程和紧凑的包装。 探针定位致动器由一对基本上平行的悬臂梁组成,每个梁由柔性的由聚酰亚胺组合物形成的信号承载电缆组成,其允许探针尖端悬挂在驱动器的电枢上并形成其一部分。 电枢还包括一对相对缠绕的线圈,该线圈在电磁线圈共同电磁地与一对间隔开但固定地定位(相对于线圈/电枢)磁体形成用于实现电枢并因此探测尖端运动的电动机。 线圈和电枢的轻质量以及悬挂梁的双重功能用于使探头致动器高度精确和灵敏,同时允许可靠的操作。

    Linkage drive mechanism for ultrasonic wirebonding
    6.
    发明授权
    Linkage drive mechanism for ultrasonic wirebonding 失效
    超声波引线接合联动驱动机构

    公开(公告)号:US5626276A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-06

    申请号:US616127

    申请日:1996-03-14

    IPC分类号: B23K20/00 H01L21/603

    摘要: An ultrasonic wirebonding assembly, consisting of an actuator producing vibrations at an ultrasonic frequency and a tip transmitting such vibrations to a bonding wire atop a terminal to which the wire is to be bonded, is moved among positions on a circuit chip where wirebonding operations are to occur by means of a linkage. The linkage consists of first and second drive arms, each of which is pivoted on a single stationary shaft, a drive link pivoted on the second drive arm, and a connecting link extending between the drive link and the first drive arm, being pivoted at each end. Each arm is independently driven using a motor having a coil moving over an arcuate permanent magnet. The wirebonding assembly is driven vertically, downward in a direction of engagement with the workpiece and upward in a direction of disengagement with the workpiece, on the drive link by means of a linear motor. The rapid movements available from this linkage facilitate the use of an incrementally moving conveyer holding a number of circuit chips on which wirebonding operations are to be performed.

    摘要翻译: 超声波引线接合组件,其由产生超声频率的振动的致动器和将这种振动传递到端子上的接合线的尖端在导线接合操作的电路芯片上的位置之间移动, 通过联动发生。 连杆由第一和第二驱动臂组成,每个驱动臂在单个固定轴上枢转,在第二驱动臂上枢转的驱动连杆和在驱动连杆与第一驱动臂之间延伸的连接连杆, 结束。 每个臂使用具有在弓形永磁体上移动的线圈的电动机独立地驱动。 引线接合组件沿着与工件接合的方向向下垂直地驱动,并且在与工件脱离的方向上,通过线性电动机在驱动连杆上向上驱动。 从这种连接可以获得的快速运动便于使用保持多个电路芯片的递增移动的输送机,在该输送机上进行引线键合操作。

    Apparatus for wirebonding using a tubular piezoelectric ultrasonic
transducer
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for wirebonding using a tubular piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer 失效
    使用管状压电超声换能器进行引线接合的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5775567A

    公开(公告)日:1998-07-07

    申请号:US616128

    申请日:1996-03-14

    IPC分类号: B23K20/00 B23K20/10

    摘要: In ultrasonic wirebonding apparatus, vibrations produced using a tubular piezoelectric (piezoceramic) actuator, driven by electrical current at an ultrasonic frequency, are used to provide energy for the wirebonding process. An assembly including means for mounting the actuator at a proximal end, the actuator itself, and a bonding tip extending from a distal end of the actuator, are moved by a carrier between the various points at which wirebonding is to occur. The bonding wire is fed through a passageway in this assembly. The carrier slides on a first carriage for movement into engagement with the workpiece. The first carriage slides in a first direction on a second carriage, which in turn slides in a second direction, to move between points at which wirebonding is to occur. The workpieces, such as circuit chips being manufactured, are moved into a workspace for wirebonding, are held therein during processing, and are subsequently removed from the workspace.

    摘要翻译: 在超声波引线接合装置中,使用由超声频率的电流驱动的管状压电(压电陶瓷)致动器产生的振动用于为引线接合工艺提供能量。 包括用于将致动器安装在近端的装置,致动器本身以及从致动器的远端延伸的接合末端通过载体在要发生引线接合的各个点之间移动。 接合线通过该组件中的通道进给。 载体在第一滑架上滑动以与工件接合。 第一托架在第二托架上沿第一方向滑动,第二托架又沿第二方向滑动,以在要进行引线接合的点之间移动。 工件(例如制造的电路芯片)被移动到用于引线接合的工作空间中,在处理期间被保持在其中,并随后从工作空间中移除。

    Thermoelectric cooler linearization in a tunable laser
    8.
    发明授权
    Thermoelectric cooler linearization in a tunable laser 有权
    可调谐激光器中的热电冷却器线性化

    公开(公告)号:US06667998B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-23

    申请号:US10396930

    申请日:2003-03-24

    IPC分类号: H01S304

    摘要: A method for tuning a laser via a temperature control loop that linearizes a non-linear characteristic of a thermal electric cooler (TEC) element used to adjust the temperature of tuning components and corresponding laser apparatus. One or more TEC elements are thermally coupled to respective tuning components, such as etalon filters. The TEC elements provide a heat transfer function (cooling rate) in response to a received electrical input (drive signal), wherein the relationship between the cooling rate and the drive signal is non-linear. An un-compensated drive signal produced by the control loop is compensated such that the open loop gain of the control loop is linearized via a linearizer control block. In effect, the non-linear transfer function of the TEC element is cancelled out by the linearizer control block to produce a linear relationship between the cooling rate and the drive signal. This open loop gain linearization enables tuning events such as channel slewing, and laser start-up operations to be performed with reduced tuning overshoots and undershoots that would otherwise result from the non-linear TEC transfer function characteristic.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于通过线性化用于调节调谐组件和对应的激光装置的温度的热电冷却器(TEC)元件的非线性特性的温度控制回路来调谐激光的方法。 一个或多个TEC元件热耦合到相应的调谐组件,例如标准具过滤器。 TEC元件响应于接收的电输入(驱动信号)提供传热功能(冷却速率),其中冷却速率与驱动信号之间的关系是非线性的。 由控制环路产生的未补偿的驱动信号被补偿,使得控制回路的开环增益通过线性化控制块线性化。 实际上,TEC元件的非线性传递函数被线性化器控制块消除,以产生冷却速率和驱动信号之间的线性关系。 这种开环增益线性化使得可以执行调谐事件,例如通道回转和激光启动操作,同时以非线性TEC传递功能特性导致的调谐过冲和欠冲调降。

    Test sequence optimization process for a circuit tester
    9.
    发明授权
    Test sequence optimization process for a circuit tester 失效
    电路测试仪的测试序列优化过程

    公开(公告)号:US5631856A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-20

    申请号:US373338

    申请日:1995-01-17

    IPC分类号: G01R1/04 G01R1/067 G01R15/12

    CPC分类号: G01R1/04 G01R1/06705

    摘要: The sequential order of movements of a number of probes within a circuit test fixture is optimized through the use of an algorithm which sequentially orders test configurations provided in an input list. Each test configuration corresponds to the locations of probes within the fixture as a particular test is performed. In a first pass of the algorithm, for each test configuration, every other test configuration is considered as a next move candidate for which a weighted distance is calculated from the test configuration. Weighting factors reflect the degree of difficulty in moving one direction instead of another. A need to move one probe before another or to move in one direction before another, in order to prevent a collision within the test fixture, is also considered. A predetermined number of next move candidates having the lowest weighted distances are placed in an intermediate list for the test configuration. In a second pass of the algorithm, test configurations are linked, one to another, to form a list reflecting a preferred order of probe movement. In the process of linking with a test configuration, the available next move candidate having the shortest weighted distance is chosen from the intermediate list of the test configuration. If no available next move candidates remain in the intermediate list, the process returns to the first pass of the algorithm to get more next move candidates. Additionally, the algorithm is used to sequentially order individual points for a test fixture having only a single probe.

    摘要翻译: 通过使用顺序地对输入列表中提供的测试配置进行排序的算法来优化电路测试夹具内的多个探针的顺序顺序。 执行特定测试时,每个测试配置对应于夹具内探头的位置。 在算法的第一遍中,对于每个测试配置,每个其他测试配置被认为是从测试配置计算加权距离的下一个移动候选。 加权因素反映了移动一个方向而不是另一个方向的困难程度。 还需要将一个探针移动到另一个之前或者在另一个方向上移动到另一个之前,以便防止测试夹具内的碰撞。 具有最低加权距离的预定数量的下一移动候选者被放置在测试配置的中间列表中。 在算法的第二遍中,测试配置彼此相连,以形成反映探测器移动的优选顺序的列表。 在与测试配置链接的过程中,从测试配置的中间列表中选择具有最短加权距离的可用下一移动候选。 如果没有可用的下一个移动候选者保留在中间列表中,则该过程返回到算法的第一遍,以获得更多的下一移动候选。 另外,该算法用于顺序地排列仅具有单个探针的测试夹具的单个点。

    Method and apparatus for testing circuits having different configurations with a single test fixture
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for testing circuits having different configurations with a single test fixture 失效
    用单个测试夹具测试具有不同结构的电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06252414B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-06-26

    申请号:US09140225

    申请日:1998-08-26

    IPC分类号: G01R3102

    CPC分类号: G01R31/2884

    摘要: A fixture for testing circuits includes a rectangular array of conductive test pads, alternating with insulating areas in a checkerboard-like pattern. In a first embodiment, the entire array is printed on a central portion of a plastic membrane, with outer portions of the membrane carrying electrical lines from the test pads to connectors. In a second embodiment, the rectangular array is formed on surfaces of a number of closely packet plastic membranes, each of which has tabs extending away from the testing surface to connectors. The test fixture is generic, not being configured for testing a particular circuit configuration. To compensate for conditions of linear misalignment, the rectangular array is moved in a raster pattern having a size equal to the cell size of the rectangular array. To compensate for conditions of angular misalignment, the array may be rotated after such misalignment is measured, or test results may be compared with exemplary data for a number of misalignment conditions.

    摘要翻译: 用于测试电路的夹具包括导电测试焊盘的矩形阵列,与棋盘状图案的绝缘区域交替。 在第一实施例中,整个阵列印刷在塑料膜的中心部分上,膜的外部部分将电线从测试垫传送到连接器。 在第二实施例中,矩形阵列形成在多个紧密包装的塑料膜的表面上,每个塑料膜具有从测试表面延伸到连接器的突出部。 测试夹具是通用的,未配置用于测试特定的电路配置。 为了补偿线性未对准的条件,矩形阵列以尺寸等于矩形阵列的单元大小的光栅图案移动。 为了补偿角度未对准的情况,可以在测量这种不对准之后旋转阵列,或者可以将测试结果与许多不对准条件的示例性数据进行比较。