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Patent No.:

US 8988097 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Rf Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Inventor:

Andrew P. Ritenour, Colfax, NC (US);

Assignee:

RF Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2014.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 22/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for wafer high voltage testing of semiconductor devices is disclosed. The method involves adding a patterning layer onto a passivation layer of the semiconductor devices and then etching vias through the passivation layer to expose conductive test points. Testing of the semiconductor devices begins with engaging the conductive test points with high voltage test probes of a testing apparatus and then applying a high voltage test sequence to the conductive test points via the high voltage test probes. The testing of the semiconductor devices concludes by disengaging the high voltage test probes from a last one of the semiconductor devices and then removing the patterning layer from the passivation layer of the semiconductor devices.


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Ritenour, Andrew. (2015). Method for on-wafer high voltage testing of semiconductor devices (U.S. Patent No. 8988097). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8988097

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