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Probe card substrate with bonded via

US7692436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2008
Grant dateApr 6, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49147
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a probe head having a probe contactor substrate with at least one slot that passes through the probe contactor substrate, at least one probe contactor adapted to test a device under test, with the probe contactor being coupled to the a top side of the probe contactor substrate and electrically connected to a terminal also disposed on top of the probe contactor substrate, and a space transformer having at least one bond pad coupled to a top side of the space transformer, and a bond interconnect which electrically couples the bond pad to the terminal through the slot in the probe contactor substrate.

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