Patent ID: 9176186
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An assembly, comprising: a wafer translator having an inquiry-side, a wafer-side, and a peripheral sidewall; a wafer having contact pads at a first side, a second side facing away from the first side, and a peripheral sidewall, the first side of the wafer facing the wafer-side of the wafer translator; and a sheet of flexible material having a first portion disposed along the second side of the wafer, a second portion disposed along the peripheral sidewall of the wafer and the peripheral sidewall of the wafer translator, and a third portion disposed along the inquiry-side of the wafer translator; wherein an enclosed space defined at least in part by the wafer, the wafer translator, and the sheet of flexible material is at a pressure that is lower than a pressure outside the enclosed space.