Pressure sensing and control for semiconductor wafer probing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8963567
APP PUB NO 20130106455A1
SERIAL NO

13285048

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A wafer probing system includes a probe card assembly having a plurality of individual probe structures configured make contact with a semiconductor wafer mounted on a motor driven wafer chuck, with each probe structure configured with a pressure sensing unit integrated therewith; and a controller configured to drive the probe card assembly with one or more piezoelectric driver units response to feedback from the pressure sensing units of the individual probe structures.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Edwards, Robert D Marlboro, US 19 261
Gluschenkov, Oleg Tannersville, US 268 3813
Medina, Louis V Hopewell Junction, US 4 34
Ting, Tso-Hui Stormville, US 16 113
Wang, Ping-Chuan Hopewell Junction, US 190 2002
Xin, Yongchun Poughkeepsie, US 16 170

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