Patent ID: 7792396
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: B82Y,G01R,G02B,G02F,H01L,H01S,H04B,H04J

Abstract:
1. A probe card for testing a photonic integrated circuit formed on a semiconductor wafer, the photonic integrated circuit including a plurality of electro-optic components and a plurality of electrical contacts, the probe card comprising: a probe card body having a plurality of downwardly dependent, electrically conductive contact probes, the plurality of contact probes being configured to engage the plurality of electrical contacts; and circuitry coupled to the plurality of contact probes, the circuitry being configured to sense an output of one of the plurality of electro-optic components via one of the plurality of contact probes, wherein the photonic integrated circuit is one of a plurality of photonic integrated circuits, the plurality of photonic integrated circuits being provided on the surface of the semiconductor wafer, each of the plurality of integrated circuits being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of dies obtained by cleaving the semiconductor wafer, wherein the circuitry stores identification information associated with each of the plurality of dies.