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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2005
Frank B. Parrish, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Arash Behziz, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Frank B. Parrish, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Arash Behziz, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Teradyne, Inc., North Reading, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for interfacing a test head and a prober is disclosed using wires or cables to provide the connection from a probe card interface boards to the probe card. The use of wires or cables, in place of the traditional pogo pin arrangement allows for more reliable and efficient testing, as well as additional high performance tests to be run. Optionally, a probe interface contains a stiffening member with multiple sidewalks and individual, configuration-specific probe card interface strips are connected to a probe card through zero insertion force clamps. The probe card interface attaches to the test head using standard probe interface board ('PIB') docking mechanics. The assembly is then connected to a probe to carry out the testing procedures.