Patents by Inventor Roland Dieterle

Roland Dieterle 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).

  • Patent number: 10955440
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Patent number: 10605649
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non-parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Patent number: 10527649
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Publication number: 20190391179
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Patent number: 10422817
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Patent number: 10345136
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non-parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20190204138
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non-parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20190017861
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non-parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20190018044
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Publication number: 20190018043
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Patent number: 10146144
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non- parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Patent number: 10082419
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between planar members separated from each other by a gap. The load transmitter comprises a set of plates to be received inside the gap, the set comprising two rotatable plates and being adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the planar members. The load transmission path comprises the rotatable plates. Each of the plates comprises two flat, non-parallel contact faces, and one of the contact faces of the first rotatable plate is in permanent surface contact with one of the contact faces of the second rotatable plate. The rotatable plates are adapted for being rotated relative to each other around one of their respective normal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Siegfried Tomaschko, Roland Dieterle
  • Patent number: 10082526
    Abstract: An adjustable load transmitter for adjusting an alignment between a probe card and a bridge beam of a wafer prober, where the probe card is separated from the bridge beam by a gap. The adjustable load transmitter located in the gap, the adjustable load transmitter comprising two rotatable plates adapted for transmitting a load via a load transmission path between the bridge beam and the wafer prober and each comprising two flat, non-parallel contact faces. The adjustable load transmitter removes an angular misalignment between the bridge beam and the set of plates by rotating each of the rotatable plates about a pre-determined adjustment angle such that two angles of inclination are adjusted to zero. The adjustable load transmitter establishes the load transmission path by closing a clearance between the bridge beam and the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Eckert, Roland Dieterle, Siegfried Tomaschko
  • Patent number: 9977053
    Abstract: A wafer probe alignment system and method for aligning a probe to a chip wafer for testing a chip on the wafer are provided. At least two corners of the probe are adjustable in a same direction in relation to a primary corner of the probe. The alignment approach includes providing a grid of signal pins for corresponding contact pads of the chip under test, determining for each signal pin whether an electrical contact is established to a corresponding contact pad of the chip under contact force, and adjusting a position of each of the at least two corners by a corner individual delta position value with respect to the direction depending on a result of the determining in order to establish an electrical contact between each of the pins and the corresponding contact pads of the chip under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joerg G. Appinger, Eberhard Dengler, Roland Dieterle, Martin Eckert, Gabriele Kuczera, Siegfried Tomaschko, Otto Torreiter, Quintino Lorenzo Trianni
  • Patent number: 9927463
    Abstract: A water probe alignment system and method for aligning a probe to a chip wafer for testing a chip on the wafer are provided. At least two corners of the probe are adjustable in a same direction in relation to a primary corner of the probe. The alignment approach includes providing a grid of signal pins for corresponding contact pads of the chip under test, determining for each signal pin whether an electrical contact is established to a corresponding contact pad of the chip under contact force, and adjusting a position of each of the at least two corners by a corner individual delta position value with respect to the direction depending on a result of the determining in order to establish an electrical contact between each of the pins and the corresponding contact pads of the chip under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joerg G. Appinger, Eberhard Dengler, Roland Dieterle, Martin Eckert, Gabriele Kuczera, Siegfried Tomaschko, Otto Torreiter, Quintino Lorenzo Trianni
  • Patent number: 9689708
    Abstract: A method for determining a value of a measured variable, which is a function of a first auxiliary measured variable and at least a second auxiliary measured variable, comprising: registering and providing a sequence of measured values of the first auxiliary measured variable over at least a first time range; providing a value of the second auxiliary measured variable, wherein the point in time of registering the provided value lies in the first time range; selecting a value of the first auxiliary measured variable from the sequence of measured values of the first auxiliary measured variable as a function of information concerning point in time of registering the provided value of the second auxiliary measured variable; and ascertaining a value of the measured variable as a function of the selected value of the first auxiliary measured variable and the value of the second auxiliary measured variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Romuald Girardey, Roland Dieterle, Marc Schlachter
  • Publication number: 20170108534
    Abstract: A water probe alignment system and method for aligning a probe to a chip wafer for testing a chip on the wafer are provided. At least two corners of the probe are adjustable in a same direction in relation to a primary corner of the probe. The alignment approach includes providing a grid of signal pins for corresponding contact pads of the chip under test, determining for each signal pin whether an electrical contact is established to a corresponding contact pad of the chip under contact force, and adjusting a position of each of the at least two corners by a corner individual delta position value with respect to the direction depending on a result of the determining in order to establish an electrical contact between each of the pins and the corresponding contact pads of the chip under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joerg G. APPINGER, Eberhard DENGLER, Roland DIETERLE, Martin ECKERT, Gabriele KUCZERA, Siegfried TOMASCHKO, Otto TORREITER, Quintino Lorenzo TRIANNI
  • Publication number: 20170108547
    Abstract: A wafer probe alignment system and method for aligning a probe to a chip wafer for testing a chip on the wafer are provided. At least two corners of the probe are adjustable in a same direction in relation to a primary corner of the probe. The alignment approach includes providing a grid of signal pins for corresponding contact pads of the chip under test, determining for each signal pin whether an electrical contact is established to a corresponding contact pad of the chip under contact force, and adjusting a position of each of the at least two corners by a corner individual delta position value with respect to the direction depending on a result of the determining in order to establish an electrical contact between each of the pins and the corresponding contact pads of the chip under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Joerg G. APPINGER, Eberhard DENGLER, Roland DIETERLE, Martin ECKERT, Gabriele KUCZERA, Siegfried TOMASCHKO, Otto TORREITER, Quintino Lorenzo TRIANNI
  • Patent number: 9535138
    Abstract: An electronic device, comprising” a housing; a magnetic element guideway, the guideway enables positioning of an accommodated magnetic element in at least two magnetic element positions relative to the housing. A control and evaluation circuit in a chamber with two Hall sensors for registering at least one component of a first local magnetic and for providing, a signal, which depends on the local magnetic field registered at the first site. The two Hall sensors have relative to the housing a defined position, wherein the control circuit is suitable based on the signals to detect whether a magnetic element is present in the gateway, and in case yes, based on at least one of the two signals, to detect whether the magnetic element is located in the first defined magnetic element position or has been moved from this position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Marc Schlachter, Roland Dieterle, Romuald Girardey
  • Patent number: 9395226
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium. The apparatus includes at least one probe unit and at least one electronics unit, which supplies the probe unit with an electrical, exciter signal and which receives from the probe unit an electrical, measurement signal. The invention includes, that the probe unit has at least one inner electrode and at least one outer electrode surrounding the inner electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Armin Wernet, Roland Dieterle