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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chuan C Chang, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Jitendra Kumar, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134-3 ; 51323 ; 134-6 ; 134 26 ; 134 35 ; 134 41 ;
Abstract
Contaminants that accumulate on test probes utilized to contact aluminum pads on integrated circuit chips cause the probe resistance to become unacceptably high. As disclosed herein, the contaminants (predominantly a mixture of aluminum and aluminum oxide) are substantially removed by immersing the probes in boiling water. Adding small quantities of phosphoric and/or hydrofluoric acids to the water further improves the cleaning action.