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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Shyh-shyan Liao, Taipei, TW;
Ying-che Lo, Hsinchu, TW;
Albert C. Sun, Hsinchu, TW;
AFA Micro Co., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A carrier and a frame, movable relative to one another in both an x-y direction and a z direction provide a test bed for MEMS like integrated circuits. The carrier includes receptacles mounted on a test substrate. The frame includes pins projecting from a surface of a plate. The plate has open areas. In a test sequence, the frame and carrier are oriented so that the cavities are exposed by open areas of the plate; a tool is used to place a device to be tested in each cavity; the frame and carrier are moved into alignment and toward one another to bring the pin ends into contact with the devices in the cavities. Then a test cycle is carried out. Following the test cycle the process is reversed to expose the devices for a pick-and-place tool to remove and bin the tested devices.