IP Library Granted Patent US 7,535,247
Granted Patent B2
US 7,535,247 · App. 11/335,037 · Granted May 19, 2009

Interface for testing semiconductors

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Patent No.
US 7,535,247
App. No.
11/335,037
Granted
May 19, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes an imaging device suitable for effectively positioning a probe for testing a semiconductor wafer. The system includes an objective lens for sensing the device under test and an imaging device sensing a first video sequence including multiple frames of an overlapping region of the device under test. A video signal is provided to a display including multiple frames of the overlapping region of the device under test. An operator indicating a region of the video signal of devices under test and the system in response presenting an enlarged view of a plurality of different regions of the device under test in a plurality of windows free from user input, where the region and the plurality of different regions are simultaneously displayed on the display.

Claims (21)

1. A probing system for a device under test comprising:

(a) an objective lens sensing said device under test;

(b) an imaging device sensing a first video sequence including multiple frames of an overlapping region of said device under test;

(c) providing a video signal to a display including said multiple frames of said overlapping region of said device under test;

(d) an operator indicating a region of said video signal of devices under test and said system in response presenting an enlarged view of a plurality of different regions of said device under test in a plurality of windows free from user input, where said region and said plurality of different regions are simultaneously displayed on said display.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said plurality of windows includes at least four windows.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said windows are in a rectangular arrangement.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein said operator indicating is a rectangular region.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said at least for windows are generally at the corners of said rectangular region.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein said plurality of windows includes at least six windows.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein at least two of said windows are between respective pairs of the other windows.

8. A method for displaying video for a probing system for a device under test comprising:

(a) receiving a video signal of a device under test including multiple frames of overlapping regions of said device under test;

(b) presenting said video signal in a first window on a display including said multiple frames of said overlapping regions of said device under test;

(c) an operator indicating a region of said video signal of devices under test and said system in response presenting an enlarged view of a plurality of different regions of said device under test in a plurality of windows free from user input, where said region and said plurality of different regions are simultaneously displayed on said display.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said plurality of windows includes at least four windows.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said windows are in a rectangular arrangement.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said operator indicating is a rectangular region.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said at least for windows are generally at the corners of said rectangular region.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein said plurality of windows includes at least six windows.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein at least two of said windows are between respective pairs of the other windows.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2025
From: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: FORMFACTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 072853/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2021
From: FORMFACTOR BEAVERTON, INC.
To: FORMFACTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 057393/0609 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 7, 2021
From: FORMFACTOR BEAVERTON, INC.
To: FORMFACTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 055859/0687 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2018
From: CASCADE MICROTECH, INC.
To: FORMFACTOR BEAVERTON, INC.
Reel/Frame 046573/0664 →
SECURITY INTEREST IN UNITED STATES PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS Recorded Jul 12, 2016
From: FORMFACTOR, INC.; ASTRIA SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDINGS, INC.; CASCADE MICROTECH, INC.; MICRO-PROBE INCORPORATED
To: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 039184/0280 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2006
From: ANDREWS, PETER; HESS, DAVID; NEW, ROBERT
To: CASCADE MICROTECH, INC.
Reel/Frame 017489/0009 →