A system and method for reducing inductance and capacitance and shielding signals in an integrated circuit test for devices under test (DUT) is disclosed. Inductance and capacitance are reduced in two ways. First, by recessing the contact pin housing 22 directly into the load board 20 thereby eliminating much of distance between the load board and DUT. Second, surrounding the slot/well 50 in which each RF contact pin resides in the housing with a ground isolation cage 46,46a, 48, 47 of electrically conductive strips or rings at the top and bottom of the housing adjacent the slot with connecting vias thereby creating an isolation cage against RF cross talk transmission and further lowering inductance and capacitance.

A system and method for reducing inductance and capacitance and shielding signals in an integrated circuit test for devices under test (DUT) is disclosed. Inductance and capacitance are reduced in two ways. First, by recessing the contact pin housing 22 directly into the load board 20 thereby eliminating much of distance between the load board and DUT. Second, surrounding the slot/well 50 in which each RF contact pin resides in the housing with a ground isolation cage 46,46a, 48, 47 of electrically conductive strips or rings at the top and bottom of the housing adjacent the slot with connecting vias thereby creating an isolation cage against RF cross talk transmission and further lowering inductance and capacitance.

A probe pin cleaning pad is provided, including a release layer or composite plate, an adhesive layer, a substrate layer, and a cleaning layer. The adhesive layer is disposed on the release layer or composite plate. The substrate layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The cleaning layer is disposed on the substrate layer. A cleaning method for a probe pin is also provided.

A probe pin cleaning pad is provided, including a release layer or composite plate, an adhesive layer, a substrate layer, and a cleaning layer. The adhesive layer is disposed on the release layer or composite plate. The substrate layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The cleaning layer is disposed on the substrate layer. A cleaning method for a probe pin is also provided.

A flexible contactor that electrically connects a pad of an inspection target object with a pad of an inspection device includes, a first elastic part configured to contain a first conductive particle and be formed elastically deformable; and a second elastic part, which is connected in parallel to the first elastic part in a longitudinal direction, configured to contain a second conductive particle and be formed elastically deformable. The first elastic part and the second elastic part are different from each other in at least one of physical properties including hardness, Young's modulus, and resistivity.

The present invention relates to a turntable-type probe pin laser bonding apparatus. More particularly, a dual laser optic module of the turntable-type probe pin bonding apparatus of the present invention provides an integrated dual laser optic module that is overlappingly irradiated on a co-focus by improving the conventional first and second laser optic modules that have been completely separated and arranged independently with different focal points. During laser bonding of probe pins, which are getting miniaturized day by day, the power and density of the first and second laser beams overlappingly irradiated from the integrated dual laser optic module can be precisely controlled so that a turntable-type probe pin laser bonding apparatus of the present invention can significantly improve the bonding defect rate, as well as contribute to high integration and high precision of the apparatus.

Under the conditions that an abrasive cleaning gel film having an abrasive cleaning gel layer and being configured to be stuck to a surface or a container filled with a viscous fluid or a gel fluid in which fine abrasive grains are mixed and dispersed is attached to a vibrating surface of an ultrasonic transducer, and an axial direction of a probe for test is matched with a vibrating direction of the ultrasonic transducer, a tip of the probe is penetrated to a predetermined depth in the abrasive cleaning gel layer or the viscous fluid in which the fine abrasive grains are mixed and dispersed at a constant speed and then pulled up at a constant speed, whereby the tip of the probe can be formed into a conical shape.

Under the conditions that an abrasive cleaning gel film having an abrasive cleaning gel layer and being configured to be stuck to a surface or a container filled with a viscous fluid or a gel fluid in which fine abrasive grains are mixed and dispersed is attached to a vibrating surface of an ultrasonic transducer, and an axial direction of a probe for test is matched with a vibrating direction of the ultrasonic transducer, a tip of the probe is penetrated to a predetermined depth in the abrasive cleaning gel layer or the viscous fluid in which the fine abrasive grains are mixed and dispersed at a constant speed and then pulled up at a constant speed, whereby the tip of the probe can be formed into a conical shape.

The invention relates to a method for placing and contacting a contact element formed in particular as a test contact of a test contact arrangement, wherein in said method, for forming a heat transfer surface, a contact head provided with a contact element holding device, with the contact element received in the contact element holding device, is placed between the contact element and a contact material deposit arranged on a contact surface of a contact carrier in the direction of a feeding axis against a contact surface of the connecting material deposit, and, for realizing an at least partial fusing of the connecting material deposit and for producing a materially bonded connection between the contact element and the connecting material deposit, thermal energy is introduced into the connecting material deposit by means of treating the contact element with thermal energy, the temperature T of the contact element being measured while the contact element is being treated and the duration of the treatment being defined as a function of a determined temperature gradient dT/dt of the temperature T of the contact element.

The invention relates to a method for placing and contacting a contact element formed in particular as a test contact of a test contact arrangement, wherein in said method, for forming a heat transfer surface, a contact head provided with a contact element holding device, with the contact element received in the contact element holding device, is placed between the contact element and a contact material deposit arranged on a contact surface of a contact carrier in the direction of a feeding axis against a contact surface of the connecting material deposit, and, for realizing an at least partial fusing of the connecting material deposit and for producing a materially bonded connection between the contact element and the connecting material deposit, thermal energy is introduced into the connecting material deposit by means of treating the contact element with thermal energy, the temperature T of the contact element being measured while the contact element is being treated and the duration of the treatment being defined as a function of a determined temperature gradient dT/dt of the temperature T of the contact element.