US5701085A
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Apparatus for testing flip chip or wire bond integrated circuits
Assignee: Oracle America Inc
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Filing: 1995-07-05
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Granted: 1997-12-23
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Expires: 2015-07-05
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for use in testing wire bond or flip chip connected integrated circuits includes a housing with a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture. The housing further includes flip chip pads to accommodate flip chip solder connections to a flip chip integrated circuit during a first test period and wire bond pads to accommodate wire bond connections to a wire bond integrated circuit during a second test period. There are connector pins on the bottom side of the housing for connection with a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes an access aperture which is aligned with the housing central aperture. This configuration allows a test probe to access a flip chip integrated circuit positioned within the housing. It also allows a heat sink to be used when the housing incorporates a wire bonded integrated circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Deviprasad Malladi
- 👤 Lee Frederick Hanson
- 👤 Jean Kahahane
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:55
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R1/00; G01R1/02; G01R1/06; G01R1/067; G01R1/07; G01R31/00; G01R31/28; G01R31/2851; G01R31/2886; G01R1/04; G01R1/0408; G01R1/0433; G01R1/0483; H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W72/00; H10W72/071; H10W72/075; H10W72/07551; H10W72/07554; H10W72/50; H10W72/541; H10W72/547; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/877; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/721; H10W90/724; H10W90/751; H10W90/754
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of constructing a test apparatus configured to test wire bond or flip chip connected integrated circuits, said method comprising the steps of: providing a housing including flip chip pads to accommodate flip chip solder connections to a first integrated circuit, and wire bond pads to accommodate wire bond connections to a second integrated circuit, wherein said first integrated circuit is positioned in said housing during a first test period and said second integrated circuit is positioned in said housing during a second test period; providing a housing with a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture; providing connector pins on the bottom side of said housing; providing a multi-planar conductive interconnection structure electrically connecting said connector pins with said wire bond pads and said flip chip pads; and providing a printed circuit board electrically connected to said connector pins, said printed circuit board including an access aperture which is aligned with said housing central aperture.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
164 words
A method of constructing a test apparatus configured to test wire bond or flip chip connected integrated circuits, said method comprising the steps of: providing a housing including flip chip pads to accommodate flip chip solder connections to a first integrated circuit, and wire bond pads to accommodate wire bond connections to a second integrated circuit, wherein said first integrated circuit is positioned in said housing during a first test period and said second integrated circuit is positioned in said housing during a second test period; providing a housing with a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture; providing connector pins on the bottom side of said housing; providing a multi-planar conductive interconnection structure electrically connecting said connector pins with said wire bond pads and said flip chip pads; and providing a printed circuit board electrically connected to said connector pins, said printed circuit board including an access aperture which is aligned with said housing central aperture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
116 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing a testing device connected to said printed circuit board, said testing device applying outgoing test signals to said printed circuit board which routes said outgoing test signals to said connector pins of said housing, such that said outgoing test signals are processed by said first integrated circuit during said first test period and said second integrated circuit during said second test period to produce processed test signals that are applied to said connector pins of said housing and are thereby routed by said printed circuit board to said testing device which interprets the performance of said first integrated circuit and said second integrated circuit therefrom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of providing a testing device with a test probe that is positioned through said access aperture during said first test period to obtain test probe signals from said first integrated circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of positioning a flat heat sink on said top side of said housing during said first test period so as to cool said first integrated circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of positioning a plateaued heat sink through said access aperture during said second test period so as to cool said second integrated circuit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of affixing said plateaued heat sink to said printed circuit board.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of forming said flip chip pads on a flip chip pad shelf surrounding said housing central aperture.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of forming said wire bond pads on a first wire bond pad shelf surrounding said flip chip pad shelf.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of forming said wire bond pads on a second wire bond pad shelf surrounding said first wire bond pad shelf.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
101 words
An integrated circuit test apparatus, comprising: a housing configured to alternately accept wire bond integrated circuits and flip chip integrated circuits, said housing including a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture, a flip chip pad shelf, surrounding said housing central aperture, supporting flip chip pads to accommodate flip chip solder connections to said flip chip integrated circuit during a first test period, and a wire bond pad shelf, surrounding said housing central aperture, supporting wire bond pads to accommodate wire bond connections to said wire bond integrated circuit during a second test period.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
101 words
An integrated circuit test apparatus, comprising: a housing configured to alternately accept wire bond integrated circuits and flip chip integrated circuits, said housing including a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter region defining a housing central aperture, a flip chip pad shelf, surrounding said housing central aperture, supporting flip chip pads to accommodate flip chip solder connections to said flip chip integrated circuit during a first test period, and a wire bond pad shelf, surrounding said housing central aperture, supporting wire bond pads to accommodate wire bond connections to said wire bond integrated circuit during a second test period.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising: connector pins on said bottom side; and a multi-planar conductive interconnection structure electrically connecting said connector pins with said wire bond pads and said flip chip pads.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising: a printed circuit board electrically connected to said connector pins, said printed circuit board including an access aperture which is aligned with said housing central aperture.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
116 words
The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a testing device connected to said printed circuit board, said testing device applying outgoing test signals to said printed circuit board which routes said outgoing test signals to said connector pins of said housing, such that said outgoing test signals are processed by said flip chip integrated circuit during said first test period and said wire bond integrated circuit during said second test period to produce processed test signals that are applied to said connector pins of said housing and are thereby routed by said printed circuit board to said testing device which interprets the performance of said flip chip integrated circuit and said wire bond integrated circuit therefrom.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising a test probe connected to said testing device, said test probe being positionable through said access aperture during said first test period to obtain test probe signals from said flip chip integrated circuit.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a flat heat sink positioned on said top side of said housing during said first test period so as to cool said flip chip integrated circuit.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a plateaued heat sink positioned through said access aperture during said second test period so as to cool said second integrated circuit.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said plateaued heat sink is connected to said printed circuit board.
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