Patent ID: 8318542

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package spring contact applicator comprising: forming a handle substrate; forming a handle release layer on the handle substrate; forming a bond pad metallization layer on the handle release layer; forming a spring release layer on the bond pad metallization layer; forming a spring metal layer on the spring release layer; patterning the spring metal layer to form a plurality of unreleased spring contacts; patterning the spring release layer and the bond pad metallization layer to form a bond pad under an anchor end of each unreleased spring contact; patterning the spring release layer to release a free end of each spring contact; depositing a removable encapsulating layer on an applicator substrate; embedding the plurality of spring contacts and bond pads on the handle release layer into the removable encapsulating layer with each bond pad adjacent to an upper surface of the removable encapsulating layer; and removing the handle release layer and handle substrate from the bond pad.