By Blowing Air Patents (Class 324/758.03)
  • Patent number: 8643361
    Abstract: The present idea refers to a needle head, its use in a probe arrangement, and a method for electrically contacting multiple electronic components. The needle head comprises a body with a lower surface, needle electrodes emerging from the lower surface, and multiple outlets arranged in the lower surface. A channel is arranged between an inlet in the body and the outlets for conveying a medium from the inlet to the outlets. By this means, electronic components arranged in close distance under the lower surface of the needle head are directly exposed to the medium which provides a test environment during a test of the electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sensirion AG
    Inventors: Markus Graf, Hans Eggenberger, Martin Fitzi, Christoph Schanz
  • Patent number: 7969175
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for testing an integrated circuit of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Aehr Test Systems
    Inventors: David S. Hendrickson, Jovan Jovanovic, Donald P. Richmond, II, William D. Barraclough