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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Horst Groeninger, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;
Inventor:
Horst Groeninger, Maxhuette-Haidhof, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/66 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for contacting an external contact area with a test contact is provided. The external contact area has a galvanically applied coating of a metal or a metal alloy. Before the contact is established between the external contact area and the test contact, the external contact area is wetted with a fluid including an inhibitor which contains an aliphatic hydrocarbon, a binder such as a white mineral oil and/or ethyl acetate, and a lubricant. The fluid lowers the contact resistance between the external contact area and the test contact.