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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Formfactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Benjamin E. Waters, Portland, OR (US);
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Remote control devices for motorized positioners of probe systems, probe systems that include the remote control devices, and methods of remotely operating a motorized positioner of a probe system are disclosed herein. The remote control devices include a first rotary encoder, a second rotary encoder, a third rotary encoder, and a remote processing device. The probe systems include a chuck, a signal generation and analysis assembly, a probe, a motorized positioner, a local processing device, and the remote control device. The methods include generating a control signal utilizing the remote control device and transmitting the control signal to the probe system. The methods also include translating a probe of the probe system relative to a support surface of the probe system. The translating is based, at least in part, on the control signal.