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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. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas T Montoya, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324762 ; 324754 ;
Abstract
Large diameter probe tips (42) can be used to probe a semiconductor device (60). The probe tips (42) are oriented more perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor device (60) and are less likely to cause damage to the semiconductor device (60). The probe tips (42) can be used with a semiconductor device (60) having elongated electrodes (64) such that a small pitch for the electrodes can be used. Small diameter probe tips (102) can also be used and have a reduced likelihood of contacting a passivation layer (36) during probing.