Calibration device for the calibration of a tester channel of a tester device and a test system
First Claim
1. A calibration device for calibrating a tester channel of a tester device, comprising:
- a contact carrier comprising a first contact area and a second contact area insulated from the first contact area, wherein the first contact area is connectable to the tester channel being calibrated and the second contact area is connectable to one or more remaining tester channels of the tester device; and
a connecting device for electrically connecting the first and second contact areas through a calibration line to the tester device.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides a calibration device for the calibration of a tester channel of a tester device to which integrated components on a substrate wafer can be contact-connected for testing with electrical signals. The calibration device includes a connecting device and a planar contact carrier with a first contact area and a second contact area insulated from the first contact area, which can be electrically connected via the connecting device, the connecting device being suitable for connecting the first and second contact areas to the tester device, the first contact area being generally surrounded by the second contact area, so that, when a needle card connected to the tester device is placed onto the contact carrier of the calibration device, one of the contact-connecting needles of the needle card which is connected to the tester channel to be calibrated is placed onto the first contact area and a plurality or all of the further contact-connecting needles of the needle card at tester channels that are not to be calibrated are placed onto the second contact area.
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20 Claims
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1. A calibration device for calibrating a tester channel of a tester device, comprising:
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a contact carrier comprising a first contact area and a second contact area insulated from the first contact area, wherein the first contact area is connectable to the tester channel being calibrated and the second contact area is connectable to one or more remaining tester channels of the tester device; and
a connecting device for electrically connecting the first and second contact areas through a calibration line to the tester device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tester system, comprising:
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a tester device having a plurality of tester channels, wherein each tester channel comprises a first transmission line and a second transmission line for signal transmissions in opposite directions;
a needle card for contact-connecting to integrated circuits on a wafer, the needle card having a plurality of contact-connecting needles respectively connected to the plurality of tester channels; and
a calibration device, comprising;
a contact carrier comprising a first contact area and a second contact area insulated from the first contact area, wherein the first contact area is connectable to the contact-connecting needle of the needle card connected to the first and second transmission lines of the tester channel being calibrated and wherein the second contact area is connectable to one or more remaining contact-connecting needles of the needle card which are connected to the one or more remaining tester channels; and
a connecting device for electrically connecting the first and second contact areas through a calibration line to the tester device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for calibrating a tester channel of a tester system, comprising:
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connecting a calibration device to a needle card of the tester system, wherein the calibration device comprises a contact carrier comprising a first contact area and a second contact area insulated from the first contact area and a connecting device electrically connecting the first and second contact areas through a calibration line to the tester device and wherein the first contact area is connected to a contact-connecting needle of the needle card connected to a forward transmission line and a return transmission line of the tester channel being calibrated and wherein the second contact area is connected to one or more remaining contact-connecting needles of the needle card which are connected to the one or more remaining tester channels;
transmitting a test signal through the forward transmission line of the tester channel connected to the first contact area;
receiving the test signal through the calibration line by the tester device;
measuring a test signal propagation time and a test signal attenuation of the received test signal; and
determining and setting a signal delay of the tester channel in accordance with the test signal propagation time and a signal gain of the tester channel in accordance with the test signal attenuation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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