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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Technoprobe S.p.a., Cernusco Lombardone, IT;
Inventor:
Riccardo Vettori, Cernusco Lombardone, IT;
Assignee:
Technoprobe S.p.A., Cernusco Lombardone, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/06727 (2013.01); G01R 1/06733 (2013.01); G01R 31/2898 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cleaning a contact pad of a microstructure or device to be tested when it is in electric contact with a measure apparatus, being obtained by electrically contacting a flexible probe with said contact pad. The method includes mechanically engaging a free end of the flexible probe in a manner that sticks the free end in the pad; and laterally flexing, by a tip charge, the flexible probe in a manner that keeps the free end stuck in the pad, so as to locally dig into a covering layer of the pad and realize a localized crushing thereof.