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Granted Patent B2
US 12,736,582 · App. 18/963,384 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Device handling apparatus and device testing apparatus

Inventor: Aritomo Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ADVANTEST Corporation
G01R31/2893G01R1/0466G01R31/2887
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Patent No.
US 12,736,582
App. No.
18/963,384
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device handling apparatus that handles a device under test (DUT), the DUT including a main body portion including a die, an optical fiber having one end connected to the main body portion, and a connector connected to the other end of the optical fiber, the device handling apparatus includes a holding head that holds the DUT while the optical fiber is separated from the holding head and a moving device that moves the holding head. The holding head includes a first holding portion that holds the main body portion and a second holding portion that holds the connector.

Claims (32)

1 . A device handling apparatus that handles a device under test (DUT), the DUT including a main body portion including a die, an optical fiber having one end connected to the main body portion, and a connector connected to the other end of the optical fiber, the device handling apparatus comprising:

a holding head that holds the DUT while the optical fiber is separated from the holding head; and

a moving device that moves the holding head, wherein

the holding head includes:

a first holding portion that holds the main body portion; and

a second holding portion that holds the connector.

2 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first holding portion includes a first suction pad that suctions the main body portion, and

the second holding portion includes a second suction pad that suctions the connector.

3 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first holding portion includes a first gripper that grips the main body portion, and

the second holding portion includes a second gripper that grips the connector.

4 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the moving device presses the DUT, opposed to the holding head, against a socket such that:

a terminal in the main body portion is electrically connected to a contactor of the socket, and

a contact portion of the holding head contacts the main body portion.

5 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the main body portion includes a wiring board to which the optical fiber is connected and on which the die is mounted, and

the contact portion contacts the wiring board when the moving device presses the DUT against the socket.

6 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the wiring board includes a connecting portion, to which the optical fiber is connected, on a principal surface of the wiring board, and

the contact portion contacts a region other than the connecting portion on the principal surface when the moving device presses the DUT against the socket.

7 . The device handling apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the wiring board includes a connecting portion to which the optical fiber is connected, and

the contact portion has a depressed portion that is opposed to the connecting portion when the moving device presses the DUT against the socket.

8 . A device testing apparatus that tests the DUT, the device testing apparatus comprising:

the device handling apparatus according to claim 1 ;

a socket that is electrically connected to the main body portion;

an additional connector that is optically connected to the connector; and

a tester that tests the DUT via the socket and the additional connector.

9 . The device testing apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an additional moving device that moves the additional connector in a direction substantially parallel to a principal surface of the main body portion, wherein

the socket includes an additional contact portion that contacts the connector in the direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2025
From: KIKUCHI, ARITOMO
To: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070807/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-201111 · Nov 28, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250172610A1 · May 29, 2025
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