IP Library Granted Patent US 11,879,913
Granted Patent B2
US 11,879,913 · App. 17/673,907 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Probe card structure

Inventor: Choon Leong Lou (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: XINZHUO TECHNOLOGY (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD.
G01R1/07314G01R1/07378
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Patent No.
US 11,879,913
App. No.
17/673,907
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A probe card structure is provided. The probe card structure includes a circuit board, an adapter board, and a probe head assembly. The adapter board is disposed on one side of the circuit board, a plurality of electrically conductive pillars are formed on one surface of the adapter board that faces the circuit board. A solder ball is disposed on one end of each of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars facing the circuit board, and the adapter board is coupled to the circuit board through the solder balls of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars. The probe head assembly including a plurality of probes, the probe head assembly is coupled to the adapter board, and the plurality of probes are electrically connected to the adapter board.

Claims (14)

1. A probe card structure, comprising:

a circuit board;

an adapter board disposed on one side of the circuit board, a plurality of electrically conductive pillars formed on one surface of the adapter board that faces the circuit board, a solder ball disposed on one end of each of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars facing the circuit board;

a probe head assembly including a plurality of probes, the probe head assembly coupled to the adapter board, and the plurality of probes electrically connected to the adapter board; and

an interposer board disposed between the adapter board and the circuit board, wherein a plurality of second electrically conductive pillars are formed on one surface of the interposer board facing the circuit board, a second solder ball is disposed on one end of each of the plurality of second electrically conductive pillars facing the circuit board, and the interposer board is soldered to the circuit board through the plurality of second solder balls of the second electrically conductive pillars;

wherein the adapter board is soldered to the interposer board through the plurality of solder balls of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars, and

wherein each of the electrically conductive pillars has a same size and each of the second electrically conductive pillars has a same size.

2. The probe card structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing frame member detachably fixed on the one side of the circuit board and abutted against a periphery of the probe head assembly, and the fixing frame member being used to fix the adapter board and the probe head assembly on a same side of the circuit board.

3. The probe card structure according to claim 2 , further comprising a structure strengthening member, wherein the structure strengthening member and the adapter board are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the circuit board.

4. The probe card structure according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of locking members, wherein the fixing frame member includes a plurality of first through holes, the circuit board includes a plurality of second through holes corresponding to the plurality of first through holes, and the structural reinforcement member includes a plurality of threaded holes corresponding to the plurality of second through holes; wherein the plurality of locking members respectively pass through the plurality of first through holes and the plurality of second through holes to be inserted in the plurality of threaded holes, so as to fix the fixing frame member.

5. The probe card structure according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars is copper or a copper alloy.

6. The probe card structure according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the plurality of electrically conductive pillars is less than 200 μm.

7. The probe card structure according to claim 1 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of probes is electrically connected to the adapter board, another end of each of the plurality of probes is in contact with a device under test, and the adapter board and the device under test have same material characteristics.

8. The probe card structure according to claim 7 , wherein the material characteristics include hardness, ductility, electrical conductivity, or thermal expansion coefficient.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 8, 2024
From: XINZHUO TECHNOLOGY (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD.
To: XINGR TECHNOLOGIES (ZHEJIANG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067040/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2023
From: DRAGON PROBE ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: XINZHUO TECHNOLOGY (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065850/0732 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2023
From: TECAT TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) LIMITED
To: DRAGON PROBE ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064897/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: LOU, CHOON LEONG
To: TECAT TECHNOLOGIES (SUZHOU) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059050/0281 →
Priority Claims (1)
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