Method for fabrication of probe card for testing of semiconductor devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5225037
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07709954

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A flexible polyimide film is used to support an array of precisely located contact bumps which are used to probe die on a wafer of semiconductor circuits, or an unmounted integrated circuit die, several integrated circuits, or hybrid devices. By utilizing a standard I/O contact pattern for the flexible film and fabricating the membrane assembly of interconnects on an aluminum substrate, it is possible to produce a more reliable probe card, while reducing the fabrication time and costs for the probe card. The polyimide film must be selected to have a CTE of 3 to 5, which is only about 1/5 to 1/7 as great as the CTE of the aluminum substrate on which the film is formed. This produces a critical degree of compressive stress in the polyimide film, and a resulting 'bow' of the film when the central area of the aluminum is etched away.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE13500 NORTH CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY DALLAS TX 75265

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bagen, Susan V Dallas, TX 4 264
Elder, Richard A Dallas, TX 3 467
Miller, Juanita G Richardson, TX 4 317
Wilson, Arthur M Dallas, TX 14 830

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