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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Global Unichip Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A testing apparatus includes a circuit board, a probe station and a probe array. The circuit board includes a plurality of contacts. The probe station includes a platform located on the circuit board and used for carrying a device under test (DUT), and a plurality of probe holes formed on the platform and arranged in an array. The probe array includes a plurality of telescopic probes respectively linearly inserted into the probe holes. One end of each of the telescopic probes is contacted with one of the contacts, and the other end thereof is contacted with one of solder balls of the DUT. Each of the probe holes includes an elongated groove penetrating through the platform. Each of the telescopic probes is provided with a fin protruding outwardly and inserting into the elongated groove.