Patents by Inventor Pierre C. Vittori

Pierre C. Vittori 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).

  • Interface card for a probe card assembly
    Patent number: 5629631
    Abstract: Disclosed is a probe card assembly which includes an interface card having a plurality of contact pads on at least one surface thereof, a probe card having a plurality of contact pads on at least one surface thereof, and a carousel interposed between the interface card and the probe card having a plurality of connecting means for making contact between the interface card contact pads and probe card contact pads.Also disclosed are the probe card, interface card and carousel as separate articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Perry, Tibor L. Bauer, David C. Long, Bruce C. Pickering, Pierre C. Vittori
  • Probe card assembly having a ceramic probe card
    Patent number: 5546012
    Abstract: Disclosed is a probe card assembly which includes an interface card having a plurality of contact pads on at least one surface thereof, a probe card having a plurality of contact pads on at least one surface thereof, and a carousel interposed between the interface card and the probe card having a plurality of connecting means for making contact between the interface card contact pads and probe card contact pads. Also disclosed are the probe card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Perry, Tibor L. Bauer, David C. Long, Bruce C. Pickering, Pierre C. Vittori
  • Probe card assembly
    Patent number: 5530371
    Abstract: A carousel for a probe card assembly which includes opposed planar rings supported and spaced apart by flexible supports. The flexible supports, while supporting the planar rings, also allow the planar rings to rotate with respect to each other. Also included are a plurality of connecting means which pass through perforations in the planar rings so as to thereby make interconnection between a probe card and an interface card in a semiconductor test system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Perry, Tibor L. Bauer, David C. Long, Bruce C. Pickering, Pierre C. Vittori