Patent ID: 6881593
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G01R,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method of using a die adapter assembly to test a die, comprising the steps of: cutting a die from a wafer; bonding a die adapter that is smaller than said die to said die to form a die/adapter assembly; electrically connecting bond pads on said die to bond pads on said die adapter; placing said die/adapter assembly in a test package using tools that touch primarily said adapter and not said die; electrically connecting, using wire bonds, said bond pads on said die adapter to a substrate of said test package; testing said die using said test package; removing said wire bonds between said die adapter bond pads and said test package substrate; and removing said die/adapter assembly from said test package and installing said die/adapter assembly on a final device substrate using tools that touch primarily said adapter and not said die.