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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Ming-Cheng Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 1/073 (2006.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/0416 (2013.01); G01R 31/2601 (2013.01); G01R 31/2886 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a membrane film and a plurality of needle tips with cylinder shapes. The membrane film includes a plurality of signal traces. The needle tips are disposed on the membrane film and are electrically connected to the signal traces. The needle tips are configured to probe a device-under-test (DUT).