- Patent Title: Antenna-coupled radio frequency (RF) probe with a replaceable tip
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Application No.: US16461208Application Date: 2017-11-15
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Publication No.: US11112454B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Kubilay Sertel
- Applicant: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Applicant Address: US OH Columbus
- Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Current Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Columbus
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- International Application: PCT/US2017/061744 WO 20171115
- International Announcement: WO2018/093858 WO 20180524
- Main IPC: G01R31/302
- IPC: G01R31/302 ; G01R1/067 ; H01Q19/06

Abstract:
Described herein are antenna-coupled radio frequency (RF) probes with replaceable tips. In the described embodiments, test signals are coupled onto a probe tip wafer via an on-tip antenna, thus the probe tip is decoupled from the probe body. This allows for separate fabrication of the probe body and the probe tip. As such, the probe tip can be made available as a “commodity” and the user can simply replace a worn-out or damaged probe tip, providing significant savings in per-unit cost and operation cost of the new contact probes. The decoupling of probe tip and probe body allows for manual replacement of probe tip without the need for extremely accurate alignment which is typically required in extremely high frequency probes. Manual replacement of the tips is only possible due to the much less stringent alignment requirements afforded by the antenna coupling from the probe body to the probe tip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190310315A1 ANTENNA-COUPLED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) PROBE WITH A REPLACEABLE TIP Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
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