Patents by Inventor Rafaele Vallauri

Rafaele Vallauri 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).

  • Publication number: 20160377656
    Abstract: A probe card for a testing apparatus of electronic devices comprises at least one testing head which houses a plurality of contact probes, each contact probe having at least one contact tip suitable to abut onto contact pads of a device under test, and a support plate of the testing head associated with a stiffener and an intermediate support, connected to the support plate and suitable to provide a spatial transformation of the distances between contact pads made on opposite sides thereof. Conveniently, the probe card comprises a support which is joined to the intermediate support, which is made of a material compatible with the printed circuit board technologies and has a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than 10×10?6° C.?1, the support being made of a metal material having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than 6×10?6° C.?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Riccardo Liberini, Rafaele Vallauri, Giuseppe Crippa