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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Sykes, Tendring, GB;
Assignee:
Dage Precision Industries, Ltd., Buckinghamshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356244 ; 356213 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for testing electrical bonds of a semiconductor device includes a cantilever arm (14a) with a test head (16) mounted thereon. The test head (16) is biased by the arm (14a) against a base plate (11), but can be moved away from the base plate (11) by an air bearing (22) to ensure substantially frictionless initial positioning. Sensing means (32;34) for sensing contact with a semiconductor substrate are also disclosed.