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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Jerry Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Byron Gibbs, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jerry Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Byron Gibbs, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for cleaning contactors equipped with contact pins such as pogo pins include steps which may be performed in concert with common semiconductor device testing processes using automatic test equipment and associated handlers. The preferred embodiments of the invention include method steps for mounting a surrogate cleaning device in a tester load board socket and applying the contact pins associated with automatic test equipment to the surrogate cleaning device for cleaning.