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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Igor Y Khandros, Orinda, CA (US);
Benjamin N Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Gaetan L Mathieu, Livermore, CA (US);
Thomas H Dozier, Livermore, CA (US);
William D Smith, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29874 ; 29840 ; 228179 ; 324756 ; 437-8 ; 439 54 ; 439 66 ; 439591 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to making temporary, pressure connections between electronic components and, more particularly, to techniques for performing test and burn-in procedures on semiconductor devices prior to their packaging, preferably prior to the individual semiconductor devices being singulated from a semiconductor wafer.