Patent ID: 7714310

Claim:
An apparatus for testing image sensor packages, comprising: an image sensor package capable of receiving light to generate an image signal; an aligning camera which is configured to photograph the image sensor package to recognize an oriented and aligned state thereof; a seating unit on which the image sensor packages are seated for tests, the seating unit comprising a socket base on which the image sensor package is seated to be electrically connected thereto; a testing section which performs an image test by transporting the socket base on which the image sensor package is seated, illuminating the sensor package using a lens and a light source provided above the image sensor packages, and performs an open and short test by supplying current and voltage to the image sensor packages; and a controlling and processing unit including a handler module and a tester module, wherein the handler module is responsible for a control function of carrying, aligning and positioning the image sensor packages, and the tester module supplies current and voltage to the testing section for tests, receives an output signal of the image sensor package to determine if the image sensor package is electrically defective, controls the light source, and receives an output image from the testing section to determine if the image sensor package has a defective image wherein the testing section comprises; a lower supporting die; an upper supporting die disposed to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance above the lower supporting die and to face the lower supporting die and having the light source at a bottom surface thereof; a socket cover that is mounted on the bottom surface of the upper supporting die so as to be movable in a vertical direction, is moved downwardly to press the top of the socket base, and has the lens; and a connecting plate that is mounted on a top surface of the lower supporting die so as to be movable in the vertical direction, supports the socket bases, and has lower pogo pins.