Patent ID: 11874511
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A connecting apparatus for use in inspection of a semiconductor integrated circuit, the connecting apparatus comprising:
an electric connector electrically connecting to an electrode terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit;
an optical connector optically connecting to an optical terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit;
a connector support substrate configured to support the electric connector and the optical connector, an end part of the electric connector and an end part of the optical connector respectively connecting to the semiconductor integrated circuit; and
a light condensing substrate configured to condense light emitted by the optical terminal of the semiconductor integrated circuit to the optical connector, wherein
the light condensing part is a through hole formed in a truncated cone shape in a thickness direction of the light condensing substrate, and a large aperture part of the light condensing part is located in a side of the optical terminal, while a small aperture part of the light condensing part is located in a side of the end part of the optical connector,
an inner wall of the light condensing part is coated with a reflection film configured to reflect light, and
some of the light emitted by the optical terminal is guided to the optical connector while being reflected by the reflection film.