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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Apparatuses, device, and methods for cleaning tester interface contact elements and support hardware
Jerry J. Broz, Longmont, CO (US);
Bret A. Humphrey, Livermore, CA (US);
Alan E. Humphrey, Livermore, CA (US);
James H. Duvall, Reno, NV (US);
Jerry J. Broz, Longmont, CO (US);
Bret A. Humphrey, Livermore, CA (US);
Alan E. Humphrey, Livermore, CA (US);
James H. Duvall, Reno, NV (US);
International Test Solutions, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A cleaning device for cleaning pin contact elements and support hardware in a semiconductor testing apparatus that has a cleaning layer with a predetermined configuration appropriate for the particular pin contact elements and a substrate having a configuration to be introduced into the testing apparatus during the normal testing operating of the testing apparatus. The cleaning layer secured to the substrate has predetermined characteristics that cause the pad to clean debris the pin contact elements and support hardware when the pin contact elements and support hardware contact the pad during the normal operation of the testing machine.