High density, area array probe card apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6906539
APP PUB NO 20020008529A1
SERIAL NO

09905426

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A probe card apparatus comprising a rigid substrate having thermal expansion characteristics near that of silicon, laminated with a flex film having laser patterned leads and contact pads, and contact elements comprising noble metals protruding from two major surfaces, the first mirroring the closely spaced chip pads, and the second aligned to the more generously spaced probe card pads, providing an accurate and reproducible, low cost, rapidly fabricated probe contact device, capable of contacting very high density bond pads in either area array or perimeter locations, of being electrically optimized, and readily maintained.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED12500 TI BOULEVARD MS 3999 DALLAS TX 75243

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arnold, Richard W McKinney, TX 23 362
Broz, Jerry Longmont, CO 15 255
Rincon, Reynaldo M Richardson, TX 14 386
Wilson, Lester Sherman, TX 14 253

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