Patents by Inventor Yasunori Sotokubo

Yasunori Sotokubo 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: 5936420
    Abstract: The semiconductor inspecting apparatus can inspect a semiconductor device on which a plurality of product chips and a single TEG (test element group) chip are formed in the same step. The semiconductor inspecting apparatus includes a stage (2) for mounting a semiconductor wafer (1) on which product chips (A) and TEG chips (T) for inspecting the characteristics of the product chips (A) are arranged repeatedly; and a prober (3) for inspecting the defectiveness or non-defectiveness of each product chip and further printing an inspection result mark on the inspected product chip, respectively, when the stage is moved or scanned relative to the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yasunori Sotokubo