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Apparatus for the automated assembly of a probe head

US12000879B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2020
Grant dateJun 4, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R1/07314
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for the automated assembly of a probe head for testing electronic devices integrated on a semiconductor wafer, includes a support adapted to support at least two parallel guides, which are provided with a plurality of respective guides holes, and at least one holding means adapted to hold a contact probe to be housed in the guides holes, of the guides. Suitably, the support is a movable support adapted to be moved according to a preset trajectory between a first position, wherein the contact probe is held by the holding means at a predetermined position outside the guides holes, and a second position wherein the contact probe, which is held at the predetermined position, is housed in a set of guides holes that are substantially concentric to each other.

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