PRE SPACE TRANSFORMER, SPACE TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURED USING THE PRE SPACE TRANSFORMER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INSPECTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SPACE TRANSFORMER

• US 20140176171A1
• Filed: 07/30/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Oh, Kwang Jae, Choi, Yoon Hyuck, Kim, Kuk Hyun
• Application Number:
  US13/954,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20140176171A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/750.16
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/07378 using an intermediate adapter, e.g. space transformers G01R1/07371 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/2889 Interfaces, e.g. between probe and tester G01R31/31905 and G01R1/07364 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/2828 Construction of conductive connections, of leads

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a pre space transformer including: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which is an opposite surface to the first surface; and signal electrodes, power electrodes, and ground electrodes disposed on the first surface, wherein the signal electrodes, the power electrodes, and the ground electrodes are repeatedly disposed while configuring a unit pattern.

Claims

1. A pre space transformer comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, which is an opposite surface to the first surface; and

individual electrodes and common electrodes disposed on the first surface,

wherein the individual electrodes and the common electrodes are repeatedly disposed while configuring a unit pattern.

2. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes disposed as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane.

3. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes having an island shape, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes having a plate shape so as to enclose the signal electrodes.

4. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes and the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes, and

wherein the unit pattern includes three signal electrodes, one power electrode enclosing only any one of the three signal electrodes, and one ground electrode enclosing only another of the three signal electrodes, one power electrode and one ground electrode being provided in a form in which they enclose the other of the three signal electrodes.

5. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, further comprising a protective film covering at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

6. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of vias penetrating through the substrate,

wherein the vias are disposed to form a grid shape.

7. The pre space transformer according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of vias penetrating through the substrate;

and

electrode pads connected to the vias on the second surface.

8. A space transformer compensating for a difference in a circuit pitch between a semiconductor device and a circuit board, the space transformer comprising:

a substrate having a first surface facing the semiconductor device and a second surface facing the circuit board;

individual electrodes and common electrodes disposed on the first surface while configuring one unit pattern;

an insulating pattern covering the first surface so that the individual electrodes and the common electrodes are selectively opened;

circuit patterns electrically connected to the individual electrodes and the common electrodes on the insulating pattern; and

connection pins connected to the circuit patterns to thereby be connected to the semiconductor device.

9. The space transformer according to claim 8, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes disposed as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane.

10. The space transformer according to claim 8, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes having an island shape, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes having a plate shape so as to enclose the signal electrodes.

11. The space transformer according to claim 8, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes and the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes, and

wherein the unit pattern includes three signal electrodes, one power electrode enclosing only any one of the three signal electrodes, and one ground electrode enclosing only another of the three signal electrodes, one power electrode and one ground electrode being provided in a form in which they enclose the other of the three signal electrodes.

12. The space transformer according to claim 8, wherein each of the individual electrodes and the common electrodes includes:

a used electrode selectively opened by a protective pattern to thereby be electrically connected to the connection pin; and

a non-used electrode covered by the protective pattern to thereby not be exposed.

13. A semiconductor device inspecting apparatus for inspecting electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device inspecting apparatus comprising:

a printed circuit board receiving an inspecting signal transferred from a tester;

an interposer disposed at one side of the printed circuit board facing the semiconductor device; and

a space transformer receiving the inspecting signal transferred from the interposer to transfer the inspecting signal to the semiconductor device and compensating for a difference in a circuit pitch between the printed circuit board and the semiconductor device,

wherein the space transformer includes;

a substrate having a first surface facing the semiconductor device and a second surface facing the circuit board;

individual electrodes and common electrodes disposed on the first surface while configuring one unit pattern;

an insulating pattern covering the first surface so that the individual electrodes and the common electrodes are selectively opened;

circuit patterns electrically connected to the individual electrodes and the common electrodes on the insulating pattern; and

connection pins connected to the circuit patterns to thereby be connected to the semiconductor device.

14. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes disposed so as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes disposed as to be spaced apart from each other on the same plane.

15. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes having an island shape, and

the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes having a plate shape so as to enclose the signal electrodes.

16. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the individual electrodes include signal electrodes and the common electrodes include power electrodes and ground electrodes, and

wherein the unit pattern includes three signal electrodes, one power electrode enclosing only any one of the three signal electrodes, and one ground electrode enclosing only another of the three signal electrodes, one power electrode and one ground electrode being provided in a form in which they enclose the other of the three signal electrodes.

17. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of the individual electrodes and the common electrodes includes:

a used electrode selectively opened by a protective pattern to thereby be electrically connected to the connection pin; and

a non-used electrode covered by the protective pattern to thereby not be exposed.