Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-shaped probe attaining a stable connecting state even for a circuit device having a small-pitch electrode by enabling formation of a small-diameter surface electrode part, providing high durability without causing dropping-out of an electrode structure from an insulating film, and stably keeping a satisfactory connecting state to a large-area wafer or a circuit device having a small-pitch electrode to be inspected by surely preventing positional shift of the electrode structure from the electrode to be inspected due to temperature change in a burn-in test. SOLUTION: The sheet-shaped probe is provided with a contact point film having an insulating film and a plurality of the electrode structures extending in the thickness direction of the insulating film; and a metal-made supporting film for supporting the contact point film. The electrode structure is composed of a front surface electrode part protruding from the front surface of the insulating film, a rear surface electrode part exposing on the rear surface of the insulating film, a short-circuiting part which extends continuously from a base edge of the front surface electrode part in the thickness direction of the insulating film and is connected to the rear surface electrode part, and a supporting part which extends continuously outward from the base edge part of the front surface electrode part along the front surface of the insulating film. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet probe which forms a surface polar zone with small diameter, surely achieves stable electrical connection state, even in a circuit device with electrodes formed in small pitches, and inhibits drop-out of electrode structures from an insulating film to provide highest durability, and also to provide its manufacturing method, and its application. SOLUTION: This sheet probe has a contact film, wherein a plurality of electrode structures passing through to be extended in the thickness direction of a flexible insulating film are located in the planar direction of the insulating film with spaced each other. Each of these electrode structures comprises: a surface electrode section exposed to the surface of the insulating film to be projected from the insulating film; a rear-face electrode section exposed to the rear face of the insulating film; a short-circuiting section, extended in the thickness direction of the insulating film which is directly linked with each of the surface electrode section and the rear face electrode section to electrically connect them; and a retaining section formed on the base end of the surface electrode section to be extended in the planar direction of the insulating film. At least a part of this retaining section is embedded in the insulating film. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-like probe capable of reliably preventing the misalignment between an electrode structure and an electrode to be inspected resulting from a temperature change in a burn-in test and hence stably maintaining a satisfactory electrical connection state, even in a large-area wafer whose diameter is 8 inches or longer and a circuit device in which the pitch of the electrode to be inspected is extremely small, and to provide applications for the sheet-like probe. SOLUTION: The sheet-like probe comprises a contact film and a frame board for supporting the contact film. In the contact film, a plurality of electrode structures are retained by an insulating film made of a flexible resin. In this case, the plurality of electrode structures are arranged according to a pattern corresponding to an electrode to be connected each and have a surface electrode section exposed onto the surface and a a reverse-surface electrode section exposed onto the reverse surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-like connector in which electrode structures having small-diameter surface electrode sections can be formed in a state where the structures do not cause troubles of falling from an insulating sheet and can obtain high durability, and which can surely gain a stable electrically connected state even to a circuit device in which electrodes are formed in short pitches, and to provide a method of manufacturing the connector and the application of the connector. SOLUTION: This sheet-like connector has an insulating sheet and a plurality of electrode structures formed in the insulating sheet in a state where the structures are extended through the insulating sheet in the thickness direction of the sheet. Each electrode structure comprises a surface electrode exposed on and protruded from the surface of the insulating sheet, a rear electrode exposed on the rear surface of the insulating sheet, and a short-circuiting section which is continuously extended in the thickness direction of the insulating sheet through the sheet from the base-side end of the surface electrode section and connected to the rear electrode. The structure also comprises a holding section which is continuously extended outward along the surface of the insulating sheet from the base-side end of the surface electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-like connector whose diameter is small, whose ratio of projected height against the diameter is high, in which an electrode structure having the surface electrode part of high size precision can be formed and a stable electric connection state can surely be obtained for a circuit device where an electrode is formed with a small pitch. SOLUTION: The sheet-like connector 10 has an insulating sheet 11 and multiple electrode structures 15 where the projected surface electrode parts 16 exposed to the surface of the insulating sheet 11 and back electrode parts 17 exposed to the back of the insulating sheet 11 are connected by shorting parts 19 extending through the insulating sheet 11 in the thickness direction. The surface electrode parts 16 in the electrode structures 15 are formed in such a way that pattern holes in a resist film having the pattern holes corresponding to the surface electrode parts 16, which are formed on the surface of the insulating sheet 11, are filled with metal.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an elastic conductive rubber sheet which is placed in a position facing the electrode of an inspecting material on a testing board, in the inspection of a surface mounting LSI or an electronic circuit board, and electrically connected to the surface mounting LSI or the electronic circuit board, and to provide a connector used in the conductive rubber sheet and an electrical testing on jig of the circuit board. SOLUTION: Conductive rubber sheets 1, 2 have a plurality of conductive parts within an electrically insulating material, and in at least one conductive part 3, the ratio of the area of the conductive part of at least one surface of the anisotropic conductive rubber sheet and the area of the conductive part 3 of the surface of the other conductive rubber sheet is 1.05 or more.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheetlike probe, method of manufacturing the same, and its application, capable of forming the surface electrode of a small diameter, capable of attaining a stable connection state even for a circuit device having small pitch electrodes, capable of obtaining a high durability of the electrode structures without dropout from the insulation film, capable of preventing positional misalignment between the electrode structures and the electrodes to be inspected caused by the temperature variation in the burn-in test to a wafer of large area or to a circuit device of electrodes to be tested of small pitch and capable of stably maintaining the excellent connection state. SOLUTION: The sheetlike probe is provided with a contact point film with a plurality of electrode structures and a supporting metal film. The electrode structure is composed of: a surface electrode part protruding from the surface of the insulation film; a rear face electrode part exposing from the rear face of the insulation film; a short circuit part extending from the base of the surface electrode part continuously in the thickness direction of the insulation film and connected with the rear electrode part; and a holding part extending from the base end part continuously along the surface of the insulation film toward outside. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wafer-inspecting apparatus, a wafer-inspecting method, and a probe apparatus, by which electrical inspections can be performed in batch on many electrodes to be tested, and superior electrical connection status can surely be attained for all the electrodes to be tested using a small load. SOLUTION: A probe apparatus is provided with: an inspection circuit board, having many inspection electrodes; a probe card which has a connection circuit board having many terminal electrodes and a contact member; an anisotropic conductive connector which is positioned between the inspection circuit board and the connecting circuit board for electrically connecting each of the inspection electrodes and each of the terminal electrodes; and a parallelism-adjusting mechanism which adjusts the parallelism of the inspection circuit board and the connecting circuit board to a wafer. The parallelism-adjusting mechanism is provided with a position-variable mechanism which relatively displaces the inspection circuit board or the connecting circuit board, in the thickness direction of the anisotropic conductive connector. The wafer-inspecting apparatus is provided with the probe apparatus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-like connector which can form electrode structures having small-diameter surface electrodes, can surely gain a stable electrically connected state even by a circuit device in which the electrodes are formed at short pitches, and can obtain high durability while preventing the structures from falling off from an insulating sheet, and to provide the application of the connector. SOLUTION: This sheet-like connector has an insulating sheet and a plurality of electrode structures extended penetrating into the insulating sheet in its thickness direction. Each electrode structure comprises a surface electrode exposed on and protruded from the surface of the insulating sheet, a rear face electrode exposed on the rear surface of the insulating sheet, a short-circuiting section continuously extended penetrating into the thickness direction of the insulating sheet from the base end of the surface electrode and connected to the rear electrode, and a holding section continuously extended outward along the surface of the insulating sheet from the base end of the surface electrode. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet-like connector which can hold high contact reliability over a long period of time, and can attain electrical connection in the state that a resistance is small enough to a metal electrode of a semiconductor equipment which should be connected, and its manufacturing method, an electrical equipment connection device, and an inspection equipment. SOLUTION: The sheet-like connector is formed of two or more penetration electrical conduction parts, which penetrate and are extended in the thickness direction, in a mutually insulated state; a barrier layer which consists of a diffusion-resistant metal is prepared in the surface of the penetration electrical conduction part which makes contacts oppositely with a metal electrode of an electric equipment which should be connected. Moreover, an edge is formed in a part contacting oppositely of the penetration electrical conduction part, which oppositely contacts with the metal electrode of the electrical equipment which should be connected.