Semiconductor wafer probing system including pressure sensing and control unit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9702930
APP PUB NO 20160216321A1
SERIAL NO

15090717

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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 CORPORATION

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Edwards, Robert D Marlboro, US 19 256
Gluschenkov, Oleg Tannersville, US 263 3558
Medina, Louis V Hopewell Junction, US 4 28
Ting, Tso-Hui Stormville, US 16 104
Wang, Ping-Chuan Hopewell Junction, US 189 1892
Xin, Yongchun Poughkeepsie, US 16 164

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