Abstract: A prober includes: a wafer chuck having a conductive support surface; a movement rotation mechanism which moves and rotates the wafer chuck; a head stage which holds a probe holding portion; a stage member which has a conductive stage surface that is formed in parallel to the support surface and electrically connected with the support surface, and can move integrally with the wafer chuck; and a contactor which is fixed to a position facing the stage member and whose tip can electrically come into contact with the stage surface, wherein the stage member is separated from the wafer chuck as a separate body, and the stage surface and the support surface are electrically connected through a wiring member; and a back-surface electrode of a chip is electrically connected with a tester through the wafer chuck, a wiring, the stage member and the contactor.

Abstract: A prober includes: a wafer chuck having a conductive support surface; a movement rotation mechanism which moves and rotates the wafer chuck; a head stage which holds a probe holding portion; a stage member which has a conductive stage surface that is formed in parallel to the support surface and electrically connected with the support surface, and can move integrally with the wafer chuck; and a contactor which is fixed to a position facing the stage member and whose tip can electrically come into contact with the stage surface, wherein the stage member is separated from the wafer chuck as a separate body, and the stage surface and the support surface are electrically connected through a wiring member; and a back-surface electrode of a chip is electrically connected with a tester through the wafer chuck, a wiring, the stage member and the contactor.

Abstract: The invention is a method for detecting float or peel of semiconductor chips arranged in X and Y axes directions diced and bonded to a dicing tape on a stage. The method includes detecting float or peel of the semiconductor chips in a respective horizontal or longitudinal row arranged in the X or Y axis direction; moving the stage in the X axis direction, the Y axis direction, a Z axis direction, and a rotational direction around the Z axis for aligning the stage with a position detection unit for detecting positions of the semiconductor chips in the X axis direction and the Y axis direction; detecting the positions of abnormal semiconductor chips in the respective horizontal or longitudinal row that includes said abnormal semiconductor chips; and specifying the positions of said abnormal semiconductor chips on the X-Y axes.

Abstract: The invention includes first detection means (9A) disposed on the side of a stage (2), for detecting float or peel of semiconductor chips (10) inside a horizontal or longitudinal row unit regularly arranged in an X or Y axis direction, and second detection means (9B) disposed above the stage (2), for detecting the positions of the semiconductor chips in a unit horizontal or longitudinal row including the peeling semiconductor chips detected by the first detection means, and specifies the positions of the peeling semiconductor chips on the X-Y coordinate axes among a large number of semiconductor chips regularly arranged in the X and Y axes directions by using the first and second detection means while the stage is being moved in the X and Y axes directions.