Patents by Inventor Josef Martin Paul HENNIG

Josef Martin Paul HENNIG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Probe-pad qualification
    Patent number: 9885749
    Abstract: A method in accordance with various embodiments may include: measuring a contact force between at least one probe and at least one contact pad for a plurality of probe overdrive positions, and determining a relationship between contact force and probe overdrive position from the measured contact forces; determining a first region in the relationship exhibiting a non-linear dependence of the contact force from the probe overdrive position, and a second region exhibiting a linear dependence of the contact force from the probe overdrive position; and determining a process window for a pad probing process based on the determined first region and second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Ivan Penjovic, Josef Martin Paul Hennig, Oliver Nagler
  • PROBE-PAD QUALIFICATION
    Publication number: 20160356844
    Abstract: A method in accordance with various embodiments may include: measuring a contact force between at least one probe and at least one contact pad for a plurality of probe overdrive positions, and determining a relationship between contact force and probe overdrive position from the measured contact forces; determining a first region in the relationship exhibiting a non-linear dependence of the contact force from the probe overdrive position, and a second region exhibiting a linear dependence of the contact force from the probe overdrive position; and determining a process window for a pad probing process based on the determined first region and second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Ivan PENJOVIC, Josef Martin Paul HENNIG, Oliver NAGLER