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5831445 Wafer scale burn-in apparatus and process  
An apparatus for wafer scale burn-in and testing of semiconductor integrated circuits and a method for its utilization is disclosed. A wafer is mated to a printed circuit board which electrically...
5825171 Universal burn-in board  
A universal burn-in board for burning-in semiconductor devices. The universal burn-in board is easily reconfigurable so that it may be used with a variety of semiconductor devices having the same...
5796246 Test board and process of testing wide word memory parts  
Wide word memory parts (608) are tested in a design for test "DFT" mode at elevated temperatures. The parts are mounted on test boards (600) and only the set of data I/O leads 0-3 active in the...
5773986 Semiconductor wafer contact system and method for contacting a semiconductor wafer  
A semiconductor wafer contact system includes a sealed bladder (32) containing incompressible material. The sealed bladder (32) presses against a flexible circuit layer (28) including an array of...
5760595 High temperature electromigration stress test system, test socket, and use thereof  
A test socket is provided as part of a high temperature electromigration test system to allow the prediction of median time to failure to temperatures in excess of 450° C. of VSLI interconnects.
5744975 Enhanced defect elimination process for electronic assemblies via application of sequentially combined multiple stress processes  
A method for testing electronic assemblies having an electronic component affixed via solder or other such connections to a printed circuit board. The method includes combining, in order, three...
5742168 Test section for use in an IC handler  
A test section for use in an IC handler capable of testing even high speed operating IC devices with precision is provided. A mounting fixture 62 for connecting a test head 32 of an IC tester with...
5742177 Method for testing a semiconductor device by measuring quiescent currents (IDDQ) at two different temperatures  
A method for detecting defects in a semiconductor device using an IDDQ testing technique that is not dependent upon the background leakage current for defect resolution. One embodiment of the...
5731709 Method for testing a ball grid array semiconductor device and a device for such testing  
A ball grid array semiconductor device (30) includes a plurality of conductive balls (36) and a plurality of conductive castellations (18) around its periphery as redundant electrical connections...
5704220 Testing equipment having refrigerator incorporated therein  
A testing equipment having a refrigerator incorporated therein which is capable of accomplishing a test for electrical characteristics of a tested object under stable circumstances substantially...
5701667 Method of manufacture of an interconnect stress test coupon  
This disclosure describes an Interconnect Stress Testing (IST) system and a printed wiring board test coupon which is used with the IST system. The system includes a computer device and a cabinet...
5703482 Apparatus for testing electronic devices in hostile media  
An apparatus for testing electronic devices in hostile media includes an isolation tank (24) which contains an inert or relatively inert material (26) such as fluorinated hydrocarbon liquid. Within...
5696452 Arrangement and method for improving room-temperature testability of CMOS integrated circuits optimized for cryogenic temperature operation  
Room temperature-testing of an MOS field effect transistor architecture, whose parameters have been optimized for operation at cryogenic temperatures, is facilitated by applying a prescribed...
5691651 Device for testing integrated circuits  
Device for testing integrated circuits by establishing a connection between the instrument and the circuit's pads, with a test card (1) that has pads or pins (4) on top of the instrument and...
5672981 Universal power interface adapter for burn-in board  
A power interface adapter that provides device power connections in a universal burn-in board system. The power interface adapter is a low-cost printed circuit board which interfaces on a...
5670889 Probe card for maintaining the position of a probe in high temperature application  
Probe card is a part which is incorporated into a probing equipment to test finished IC chips, This card is customarily mounted with a plurality of probes, very fine needle and generally bent, and...
5656944 Burn-in voltage detection circuit for semiconductor chip  
An improved burn-in voltage detection circuit for a semiconductor chip capable of detecting a predetermined voltage level related to a burn-in operation using a specific element irrespective of...
5646540 Apparatus and method for measuring electromagnetic ageing parameter of a circuit element and predicting its values  
An apparatus and method for determining the reliability of an electronic component by performing measurements which enable the ageing behavior of a parameter of that component to be predicted over...
5638003 Method and apparatus for testing surface breakdown of dielectric materials caused by electrical tracking  
An apparatus for testing a dielectric sample for susceptibility to surface electrical failure due to tracking. The apparatus includes an enclosure continuously purged of air-borne contaminants,...
5635850 Intelligent test line system  
Process information obtained by a process section is input to a host computer. The process information includes information about a film, information about etching, information about cleaning,...
5617036 Laser/pin assembly with integrated burn-in assembly  
A burn-in assembly is disclosed having a substrate on which devices to be tested are die and wire bonded. Circuitry for effecting the burn-in testing is connected to the devices under test, and...
5614837 Probe apparatus and burn-in apparatus  
A loader section for supplying semiconductor wafers is arranged at one end of a linear first convey path for a convey unit. Burn-in test sections, probe test sections, a laser repair section, a...
5610529 Probe station having conductive coating added to thermal chuck insulator  
A probe station suitable for low noise measurements includes a chuck for supporting a test device and a supporting surface for the test device. The probe station has means for controlling the...
5602491 Integrated circuit testing board having constrained thermal expansion characteristics  
A board (10) for testing an integrated circuit disposed on a semiconductor wafer. The board contains a plurality of substantially parallel signal layers (14) and power planes (16) that are...
5582235 Temperature regulator for burn-in board components  
The present invention is directed to an apparatus suitable for regulating, with an impinging flow of gas, the temperature of an electronic component under thermal stress testing at selected...
5579826 Method for burn-in of high power semiconductor devices  
A thermal control system for use with a burn-in system, the thermal control system capable of delivering a thermally preconditioned liquid to a plurality of semiconductor devices during burn-in....
5576630 Probe structure for measuring electric characteristics of a semiconductor element  
A probe structure for measuring electric characteristics of a semiconductor element containing a first electrically conductive circuit board having a structure wherein the contact portions, which...
5574384 Combined board construction for burn-in and burn-in equipment for use with combined board  
An apparatus for burn-in of semiconductor devices has board assemblies including a burn-in board and a driver board. The burn-in board has sockets on a first surface for accepting the semiconductor...
5568054 Probe apparatus having burn-in test function  
A probe apparatus having a burn-in test function includes an apparatus body, a probe card, having a plurality of probes, for causing the plurality of probes to electrically contact a semiconductor...
5563520 Probe system  
A probe system has a wafer storing section for storing a semiconductor wafer as an object to be measured, a plurality of probe units for electrically measuring the wafer, a marking unit for marking...
5559446 Probing method and device  
A probing device for inspecting semiconductor devices such as IC chips includes a mounting section for supporting a silicon substrate wafer (i.e., an object to be inspected), a moving section for...
5543727 Run-in test system for PC circuit board  
An automated functional test system for PC circuit boards. The test system includes a test chamber for removably receiving circuit boards to be tested, heating and cooling systems for controlling...
5541524 Burn-in technologies for unpackaged integrated circuits  
A device and method for burn-in of bare chips prior to assembly into a multichip module. Each die to be tested is positioned with its I/O pads positioned to face an interconnection burn-in test...
5534786 Burn-in and test method of semiconductor wafers and burn-in boards for use in semiconductor wafer burn-in tests  
Disclosed is an improved burn-in and test method of semiconductor wafers each having numerous integrated circuits formed therein. It includes the steps of dividing each semiconductor wafer into...
5532612 Methods and apparatus for test and burn-in of integrated circuit devices  
Methods and specially adapted reusable test carriers provide for burn-in test of semiconductor integrated circuit devices and economical production of known good dice (KGD). Methods for temporary...
5532610 Apparatus for testing semicondctor wafer  
The apparatus for collectively burning-in or testing a plurality of semiconductor chips disposed on a wafer without dicing the chips into individuals, the apparatus including a testing substrate,...
5528161 Through-port load carrier and related test apparatus  
Disclosed is a load carrier for use with a test chamber. Such carrier includes (a) an insertion portion having a length about equal to the thickness of a chamber wall, (b) a carrier portion...
5528160 Spacing frame structure for IC handler  
An improved structure for a spacing frame for interfacing a test head of an IC tester and an IC handler wherein the spacing frame can be changed in a short period of time without moving the test...
5528157 Integrated circuit package for burn-in and testing of an integrated circuit die  
A method for and a disassemblable prepackage arrangement for testing and burning-in an integrated circuit die which will be hermetically sealed within and form part of an overall integrated circuit...
5521523 Probe card assembly and method of manufacturing probe card assembly  
A probe card assembly thermal influenced from a wafer with which a probe makes contact during a probe test. The assembly includes a probe card unit having a great number of probes to be brought...
5517126 Probe apparatus  
A probe apparatus for measuring electrical characteristics of an object to be tested by putting a plurality of probes in electrical contact with the object comprises an apparatus body, a probe card...
5517127 Additive structure and method for testing semiconductor wire bond dies  
A structure and method for achieving burn-in and full functional testing of a semiconductor wire bond die are provided. The structure comprises an electrical conductor which connects a wire bond...
5517125 Reusable die carrier for burn-in and burn-in process  
A reusable carrier (10) for temporarily holding an integrated circuit (12) during burn-in and electrical test includes a base (14) and a lid (16) attached to the base (14) by hinges (18). A...
5515910 Apparatus for burn-in of high power semiconductor devices  
A thermal control system for use with a burn-in system, the thermal control system capable of delivering a thermally preconditioned liquid to a plurality of semiconductor devices during burn-in....
5510705 Electrical test arrangement and apparatus  
Apparatus is disclosed for use in the testing of the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electrostatic discharge (ESD) performance of an electrical unit. The apparatus comprises a cable tray...
5502398 Semiconductor device burn-in apparatus  
In a semiconductor device burn-in apparatus, a film on which a plurality of TAB products, each having a semiconductor device thereon, are arranged in succession and a flexible tape-like wiring...
5498971 Method and control circuit for measuring the temperature of an integrated circuit  
A method and circuit for relatively accurately measuring the die temperature of an IC, such as a microprocessor, by sensing one or more internal circuit elements which have an electrical parameter...
5496450 Multiple on-line sensor systems and methods  
A control device and associated methodology select from at least two on-line sensors to assure an accurate and reliable feedback input to control the heat treating conditions within a furnace. The...
5489851 Identification of pin-open faults by measuring current or voltage change resulting from temperature change  
A method and apparatus for determining whether semiconductor components are electrically connected to a printed circuit board. A voltage (or current) is connected to two traces leading to...
5475318 Microprobe  
A microprobe comprises a base, a microcantilever extending in a plane from the base, and a probe tip projecting from the microcantilever out of the plane. The microcantilever is a bimorph structure...