Integrated testing and handling mechanism

US10436834B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RASCO GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Wiesböck · Stephanskirchen, DE
• Serge Künzli · La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH
• Max Schaule · Mindelheim, DE
• Guy Ramel · Orges, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R31/2868
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An integrated testing and handler mechanism includes an input/output module including: an input section, an output section, a turret that includes a plurality of pickup heads, and a shuttle configured to move the carrier from the component loading location to a test module transfer location; and a test module including: a test head comprising an array of a plurality of test sockets, a plunger configured to plunge the components held by the carrier into the test sockets when the carrier is located on the plunger, and a rotary table that includes a plurality of grippers that rotate around the rotary table, the rotary table being configured to (i) transfer a carrier between the test module transfer location and an input/output module transfer location, (ii) rotate the carrier between the input/output module transfer location and a plunger transfer location, and (iii) transfer the carrier between the plunger transfer location and plunger.