Die sorter
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1. A method of manufacture for a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of:
- providing a fabricated wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits, said plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits being substantially untested;
separating each of said semiconductor integrated circuits from said fabricated wafer; and
probing each of said semiconductor integrated circuits.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit probing method and apparatus therefor. The apparatus includes a main system controller coupled to a network interface, graphic user interface, and equipment interface. A high speed bus connects the main system controller to a group of subsystems. The subsystems includes subsystems such as input cassettes, input frame handing, frame to align, die align, die probing, die bin and die output, output cassettes subsystem, among others. The integrated circuit probing apparatus allows for probing of each individual die through the die probing subsystem, typically a high speed subsystem.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of manufacture for a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of:
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providing a fabricated wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits, said plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits being substantially untested; separating each of said semiconductor integrated circuits from said fabricated wafer; and probing each of said semiconductor integrated circuits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A method of manufacture for a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the step of testing a semiconductor integrated circuit by use of a die sorter.
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15. A method of identifying integrated circuits on a fabricated semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of:
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providing a fabricated wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits onto a wafer saw, said plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits being untested; and entering information comprising an identification characteristic of said fabricated wafer into a memory coupled to said wafer saw. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of set-up for a probe card comprising the steps of:
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providing a pin array carrier assembly comprising a pin array top surface at a test site; adjusting said pin array carrier assembly to contact said pin array top surface with probes of a probe card; sending first signals to each of said probes; receiving second signals through said pin array top surface; decoding said second signals; identifying an X-coordinate, Y-coordinate, and THETA-coordinate of each of said probes through said decoded second signals. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A method of manufacture for a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the steps of:
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providing a fabricated wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits, said plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits being untested; separating each of said semiconductor integrated circuits from said fabricated wafer; and probing each of said semiconductor integrated circuits, said semiconductor integrated circuits being unpackaged.
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29. A method of identifying integrated circuits on a fabricated semiconductor wafer comprising the steps of:
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providing a fabricated wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor integrated circuits onto a wafer saw, said fabricated wafer being substantially free from electrical tests; and entering information comprising an identification characteristic of said fabricated wafer into a memory coupled to said wafer saw.
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