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Defective product inspection apparatus, probe positioning method and probe moving method

US7297945B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2004
Grant dateNov 20, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/2482
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For adjusting a positional relationship between a specimen and a probe to measure an electric characteristic of the specimen through a contact therebetween, a base table holding a specimen table holding the specimen and a probe holder holding the probe is positioned at a first position to measure the positional relationship between the probe and the specimen at the first position, and subsequently positioned at a second position to measure the positional relationship therebetween at the second position so that the probe and the specimen are contact each other at the second position, the specimen table and the probe holder are movable with respect to each other on the base table at each of the first and second positions to adjust the positional relationship between the probe and the specimen, and a measuring accuracy at the second position is superior to a measuring accuracy at the first position.

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