Patent ID: 7474113
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A probe device, comprising: a plurality of conductive wires; and a flexible material composition for receiving the plurality of conductive wires, wherein the flexible material facilitates natural co-planarity of a semiconductor device when subject to a compressive force, wherein a direct connection of signals is provided between a test device and the probe device without an interposer or space transformer between the test device and the probe device, such that a package drawing associated with the semiconductor device is infused on a printed circuit board of the probe device itself, a contact pattern associated with the semiconductor device is routed on the probe device, and direct electrical interconnections are provided between the test device to the probe device; wherein the flexible material composition is machined into a shape that matches a semiconductor device C4 pattern bond pad configuration and bond pads of the semiconductor device are formed along the top of the entire semiconductor device so that bond pads now reside directly over the active circuitry region of the semiconductor device.