Patents Assigned to TSE CO., LTD
  • Publication number: 20240125845
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber socket having a structure with a built-in component. In the rubber socket with a built-in component, a connection sheet having components attached to an upper surface, a lower surface, or upper and lower surfaces of a conductive sheet composed of a conductive part and an insulating part is detachably coupled to the upper surface, the lower surface, or the upper and lower surfaces, and a guide sheet made of an inelastic insulating material is attached to an upper side, a lower side, or upper and lower sides of the connection sheet, and characteristics of a tester or a device to be tested may be tested using the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seon A. KIM, Yun Chan NAM
  • Patent number: 11940484
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a package-on-package type semiconductor package includes an upper test socket on which an upper package is mounted, the upper test socket being mounted on a pusher and connected to the lower package; a lower test socket mounted on a tester and connected to the lower package; and an adsorption pad coupled to the pusher and configured to adsorb and pressurize the lower package using a vacuum pressure, wherein the adsorption pad comprises a body part having a vacuum pressure passage formed therein; and an adsorption part having an adsorption hole corresponding to the vacuum pressure passage, and the body part is attached on a central portion of an upper surface of the adsorption part and an outer oil overflow-preventing part configured to trap silicon oil eluted from the body part is formed at an outer periphery the adsorption part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sol Lee, Min Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20240094251
    Abstract: A test socket including: a testing probe including a lower plunger in contact with a pad; an upper plunger coupled to the lower plunger; a spring probe made of a cylindrical spring for applying elasticity to the lower plunger and the upper plunger; and a contact probe with an upper side contacting a terminal of a test device and a lower side contacting the upper plunger; a socket housing that provides housing holes and accommodates the contact probe and the spring probe so that an upper side of the contact probe protrudes at each housing hole; and a cover that provides cover holes and is fastened to the socket housing so that a lower side of the lower plunger protrudes at each cover hole, wherein the upper plunger provides a sliding groove, the lower plunger provides a pair of sliding protrusions inserted into the sliding groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chang Su OH
  • Publication number: 20240079835
    Abstract: A signal transmission connector including a frame base in which a first through hole and a second through hole are alternately formed and a frame including a frame top plate having a third through hole at each position corresponding to the first through hole and covering a top surface of the frame base. A frame bottom plate having a fourth through hole at each position corresponding to the first through hole and covering a bottom surface of the frame base and a conductive part disposed on a conductive part hole including a first through hole, a third through hole, and a fourth through hole and being in the form of a plurality of conductive particles in the elastic insulating material, wherein the frame is made of an inelastic insulating material. An air layer is formed in the second through hole sealed by the frame top plate and the frame bottom plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Dea Hyun ROH, Yun Chan NAM
  • Publication number: 20230384368
    Abstract: In an apparatus for testing a package-on-package (POP) type semiconductor package according to the present disclosure, a vacuum picker has vacuum holes that communicate with an insulation pad hole, the vacuum picker includes a body part made of silicone or rubber, and a socket contact part and a package contact part made of any one of polyimide film, engineering plastic, and synthetic resin, and the socket contact part is attached to a mounting groove by means of an adhesive tape, such that the vacuum picker is coupled to an upper socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cheol KIM, Sol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230384364
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a semiconductor package, in which a second test circuit board, which is disposed on an upper socket assembly to form a vacuum line in the related art, is removed, and a vacuum guide including two components disposed between an upper socket and an upper package. The vacuum guide including a conductive guide member made of an inelastic insulating material disposed on a conductive region part to prevent an electrical short circuit, and a peripheral guide member made of a metallic material having rigidity and disposed on a peripheral region portion to prevent deformation of a vacuum line, such that a length of a signal path is significantly decreased, high-speed signal transmission is possible. The stable vacuum line is ensured in the upper socket assembly, and vacuum pressure from a vacuum generation device is smoothly applied to a vacuum picker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cheol KIM, Sol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230366912
    Abstract: A probe tip according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: a first plating layer including a first metal; a second plating layer disposed on one surface of the first plating layer and including a second metal of a material different from that of the first metal; and a third plating layer disposed on one surface of the second plating layer and including the first metal, wherein each of the first plating layer, the second plating layer, and the third plating layer extends in a length direction of the probe tip, and wherein the first plating layer, the second plating layer, and the third plating layer are stacked in a thickness direction of the probe tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Min LEE, Ho Young JUNG
  • Patent number: 11763959
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide electro-conductive particles and a signal-transmitting connector having same, wherein the electro-conductive particles are improved to prevent the phenomenon of irregular scrub between the electro-conductive particles and to have improved signal delivery characteristics. Electro-conductive particles according to the present disclosure are provided on a signal-transmitting connector having multiple electroconductive portions supported by an insulating portion made of an elastic insulating material to be spaced apart from each other such that the signal-transmitting connector can be connected to an electronic component and can transmit electric signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Su Oh, Bo Hyun Kim, Sung Ho Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230266361
    Abstract: A probe pin having an improved gripping structure is disclosed. The disclosed probe pin includes a pin body including a plurality of holes and positioned at one side, a first extension portion extending upward from an outer side of the pin body, a second extension portion elongated from the other end of the first extension portion, further extending than the pin body in the other direction, and spaced apart from the pin body, and a tip part integrated with the second extension portion and having an end sharply protruding upward from an outer upper end of the second extension portion, in which the second extension portion includes a plurality of elasticity provision holes formed in parallel with an outer peripheral surface of the second extension portion and having different shapes to provide an elastic force that moves a portion of a needle of the tip part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Bae AN, Byeong Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20230258691
    Abstract: A vertical probe pin that includes: an elastic beam part which is disposed between a lower contact portion in contact with a device to be tested and an upper contact point spaced apart at a predetermined distance from the lower contact point and in contact with a test device. The vertical probe pin is composed of a pair of elastic beams having a predetermined gap in order to be elastically deformed by an external force; and a separation prevention protrusion part provided with separation prevention protrusions protruding from at least one of the pair of elastic beams in order to prevent the elastic beam part from being separated through an upper guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Ho SON, Young Hun JU
  • Publication number: 20230236941
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing a mobile AP provided with an AP package and a memory package according to the disclosure is configured to include: a lower test socket mounted on a tester and connected to the AP package put on an upper side thereof; an upper test socket mounted with the memory package and connected to the AP package put on a lower side thereof; an upper mechanism configured to accommodate the memory package and mounted with the upper test socket; and a heat dissipation device disposed on the upper mechanism. Since heat generated in the AP package can be dissipated through forming of a frame of the upper test socket as an inelastic conductive housing of a metal material having high thermal conductivity, a test can be performed in a step before stacking the AP package and the memory package on each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Cheol KIM, Sol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230147650
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-layer circuit board including an extreme fine via according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include: providing a board having one surface on at least a part of which an upper conductive layer is formed and the other surface on at least a part of which a lower conductive layer is formed; forming a lower metal layer on the other surface of the board; forming a first resist layer on the one surface of the board through a photolithography process, and forming a first opening on the first resist layer; forming a metal pillar by plating the first opening by using an electrolytic plating method; removing the first resist layer; forming an insulating layer on a location from which the first resist layer is removed; and evenly polishing the metal pillar and the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byeong Yong LEE, Eun Ha PARK, Weon Bin JANG, Gun Won SEO, Kum Sun PARK, Chung Hyeon KIM
  • Patent number: 11609244
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a test apparatus for testing a package-on-package (POP) type semiconductor package includes a lower socket mounted to a tester board providing a test signal, and provided with a plurality of socket pins connected to a lower terminal of a lower package to electrically connect the lower package and the tester board to each other; a pusher to which an upper package is coupled, the pusher having a pusher body which may be moved to approach the lower socket or to be moved away from the lower socket; and an upper socket coupled to the pusher body, and provided with an insulating pad formed of a nonelastic insulating material and a plurality of electrically-conductive parts supported on the insulating pad, the electrically-conductive part being formed of an elastic insulating material containing a plurality of electrically-conductive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Su Oh, Bo Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11573248
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a test socket including an inelastic insulating housing formed of an inelastic insulating material having a plurality of housing holes, and a plurality of electro-conductive parts comprising electro-conductive particles in an elastic insulating material, the electro-conductive parts including an electro-conductive part body having a lower end portion to be connected to a signal electrode of the tester, an upper end portion to be connected to the terminal of the device under inspection, and an electro-conductive part bump connected to the electro-conductive part body to protrude from one or both of an upper and lower surface of the inelastic insulating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Su Oh
  • Publication number: 20220386478
    Abstract: A circuit board including an adhesive part, a ceramic board part with the adhesive part, and a printed circuit board part with the adhesive part. The ceramic board and printed circuit board parts are made of different materials. The adhesive part includes: an adhesive layer including an adhesive material, an adhesive part opening, and a conductive paste filled in an inside of the adhesive part opening. A method including providing a ceramic board part, providing a printed circuit board part, and producing an adhesive part. Batch-bonding the printed circuit board part, the adhesive part, and the ceramic board part with one another. Producing the adhesive part includes: bonding a protection layer on two surfaces of an adhesive layer, forming an adhesive part opening penetrating the adhesive layer and the protection layer, filling the adhesive part opening with a conductive paste, and removing the protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Eun Ha PARK, Sang Wook YOUN, Young Jun KIM, Yu Jin CHOI, Kum Sun PARK, Chung Hyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220386479
    Abstract: A multilayer circuit board including a ceramic substrate part and a unit circuit board coupled to one surface of the ceramic substrate part. The unit circuit board includes an insulating layer with a circuit pattern formed on one side, an adhesive layer adhered to another surface of the insulating layer, a via hole passing through the insulating layer and the adhesive layer and connected to one surface of the circuit pattern, and conductive paste filled in the via hole. A manufacturing method including batch bonding a circuit board part, which includes a plurality of unit circuit boards, and a ceramic substrate part, wherein each unit circuit board includes providing an insulating layer having a circuit layer, forming an adhesive layer on the insulating layer, forming a circuit pattern, forming a via hole in the insulating and adhesive layers, and filling the via hole with conductive paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Hwan PARK, Sung Jun Kim, Han Eol Seo, Jong Geun Park, Kum Sun Park, Chung Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11506705
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a test socket according to the present disclosure including an inelastic electro-conductive housing formed of an inelastic electro-conductive material and provided with a plurality of housing holes passing therethrough in the thickness direction, each housing hole being formed at a position corresponding to each terminal of a device under test; and an electro-conductive part formed to have a configuration in which a plurality of electro-conductive particles are oriented in the thickness direction in an elastic insulating material, and comprising an electro-conductive part for grounding, an electro-conductive part for signal, and an electro-conductive part for power disposed in the housing holes, respectively, the electro-conductive part for signal and the electro-conductive part for power being insulated by an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Su Oh
  • Patent number: 11233352
    Abstract: The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a electro-conductive part protecting member for a signal transmitting connector and a manufacturing method therefor, and a signal transmitting connector having same and a manufacturing method therefor, the electro-conductive part protecting member being capable of protecting an electro-conductive part so as to be able to minimize deformation of and damage to the electro-conductive part coming into contact with the terminals of an electronic component such as a semiconductor package, and more specifically, the electro-conductive part protecting members capable of being elastically modified in the longitudinal direction of the electro-conductive parts by having a hollow tube-shaped protection member body encompassing the electro-conductive parts, and a spiral groove to promote elasticity provided along the circumference of the protection member body so as to pass through the inside and the outside of the protection member body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Su Oh, Bo Hyun Kim, Sung Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 11199577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test socket configured to electrically connect a tester generating a test signal and a device under inspection to each other includes a nonelastic electrically-conductive housing having a plurality of housing holes passing therethrough in a thickness direction, an insulating coating layer applied on at least an upper surface of the nonelastic electrically-conductive housing and a circumference of each of the plurality of housing hole, and an electrically-conductive part formed to have a configuration in which a plurality of electrically-conductive particles are contained in an elastic insulating material, disposed in the housing hole such that a lower end portion thereof may be connected to a signal electrode of the tester placed below the nonelastic electrically-conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Su Oh, Bo Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11131707
    Abstract: A test socket according to the present disclosure is provided in a test apparatus in which a device under inspection having a terminal is connected to a tester, which generates a test signal, for testing the device under inspection, the test socket includes a nonelastic insulating housing formed of a nonelastic insulating material and provided with a plurality of housing holes formed therein to pass therethrough in a thickness direction; and an electrically-conductive part formed to have a configuration in which a plurality of electrically-conductive particles are contained in an elastic insulating material, the electrically-conductive part having a lower end portion connected to a signal electrode of the tester placed below the nonelastic insulating housing and an upper end portion disposed in the housing hole to be connected to the terminal of the device under inspection placed on the nonelastic insulating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang Su Oh