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FULL WAFER CONTACT BREAKTHROUGH WITH ULTRA HIGH PIN COUNT Takashi Naito ADVANTEST Daisuke Takano ADVANTEST Tsutomu Shoji JAPAN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

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Page 1: FULL WAFER CONTACT BREAKTHROUGH WITH ULTRA HIGH PIN … · 2017. 3. 26. · Summary 29 Easily obtained uniform and high contact force • 300mm wafer 576kgF, max 120K pin • 450mm

FULL WAFER CONTACT BREAKTHROUGH WITH ULTRA ‐ HIGH PIN COUNT

Takashi NaitoADVANTEST

Daisuke TakanoADVANTEST

Tsutomu ShojiJAPAN ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

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Overview

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Background

Current Technology

VPCS (Vacuum Probe Contact System) 

VPCS + MEMS Probe

Design Considerations

Probe card Architecture

1TD Contact Procedure

Results

Summary

Next step

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450mm wafer is coming• Increasing the number of die per wafer• Strong requirement to reduce test cost

1 TD test is needed

Requirement for 1TD test• Ultra high pin count probe card & prober

are needed for 450mm wafer

• Utilize current probe card technology Existing contactor Similar specification to contact 

(force, scrub, overdrive, etc…)

Background

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K pins / Card

Year

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Ultra high contact force reaches as much as 1 ton

•1 ton is needed, 5gF x 200K pins at 450mm wafer High stiffness for prober and probe card would be needed

Prevent deformation Maintain planarity

It would be heavier, bigger, more expensive!

Current Technology

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Prober ChuckStiffener

Probe

Chuck Top

Wafer

Card Holder

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VPCS “Vacuum Probe Contact System”

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Initial Concept and Architecture

Vacuum Seal

Wafer 

Generic probe card

Vacuum Path

Wafer Tray

Vacuum On

AtmospherePressure

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Advantages of VPCS

Easily obtained uniform and high contact force• 300mm wafer 576kgF,  max 120K pin• 450mm wafer  1,297kgF, max 260K pin

*‐80kPa, 5gf/pin

Because pressure is uniformly distributed over the tester andthe wafer sides, a high stiffness structure is not required forprober and card

Easy coplanarity control• Wafer tray fit to probe card

Advantage of VPCS

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+ MEMS probe

Advantages of MEMS Probe

Proven technology• High repeatability & manufacturing productivity

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HA5100CELL (Equipped with VPCS)

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All‐in‐one test solution• Combines a tester and prober• 4 wafer parallel test solution

Alignment Chuck

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Design Considerations

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Alignment Chuck

Vacuum‐tight Control• Need structure to keep it vacuum‐tight

Overdrive & Tilt Control• MEMS probe needs OD control • Need probe protection• Need structure to maintain parallelism

Preheat control w/o alignment chuck• Before probes touch, need Hi T/Lo T 

preheat control 

MEMS Probe

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Probe Interconnect pin

Tester side

Wafer side

Tester side view of probe card

Wafer side view of probe card

PCBHigh‐density PCB

ST

Stiffener

VPCS Compliant MC* Structure Outline

ProbeMEMS‐probeLow probe forceStable probe contact

IC‐PinLow loadLong stroke Stable contact

*JEM MEMS probe card9

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How to vacuum the wafer tray to the space transformer (ST) surface in a conventional probe card structure?

Wafer Tray Docking Issues

1. To maintain vacuum a wide high‐precision surface is needed in the outer ST area.

2. To limit the overdrive a stopper is needed.

3. To prevent probe damage from tilt, self‐leveling is needed. 

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It is difficult to have a secure wide area for 

vacuum tight in the outer area of the ST surface. 

It is difficult to have a secure wide area for 

vacuum tight in the outer area of the ST surface. 

Wafer side view of probe card

ST’s probing area

1. Secure Vacuum Tightness on ST Surface

Sealing area

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It is difficult to mount a stopper on the ST surfaceIt is difficult to mount a stopper on the ST surface

2. Probe Protection

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When the wafer tray is tilted  and not able to seal, excess overdrive is applied.

When the wafer tray is tilted  and not able to seal, excess overdrive is applied.

Excess OD might damage the probe.Excess OD might 

damage the probe.

3. Tilt of the probe & wafer tray

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How do we resolve these issues?

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Preload Spring

Stopper

Flatness fabrication of the holder surface

Enhance air seal

Introducing the Unit Holder

3. Mounting pre‐load springTilt control of the card & wafer TrayStable contact

2. Mounting stopperAchieve probe protection

1. Polished fabrication on sealing areaSecure vacuum tightness 

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Probe Protection

Wafer side view

Incorporate the stopper Incorporate the stopper onto a unit holder which will secure the sealing area and is able to mount the stopper.

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Using reaction force of the preload spring’s strokemovement will correct the tilt of the wafer tray.

Tilt Control

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Structure of MEMS Probe Card

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12,000 MEMS Probes

Preload Spring Stopper

300mm VPCS + MEMS Probe

Al‐alloy stiffener

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Preheat & Overdrive Control Method

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Overdrive Control• Probe overdrive is controlled by

precise vacuum pressure control

Preheat Control without an alignment chuck before probes touch• Spring F  >

Vacuum F  ‐ Wafer tray weight

• Hi T/Lo T preheat control without alignment chuck is possible

Vacuum

Vacuum SealPreload Spring

Heater or Cooling Path

Alignment Chuck

Vacuum

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Structure of Wafer tray

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Vacuum Seal

Vacuum PathHeater

&Coolant Path

300mm VPCS + MEMS Probe

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1TD Contact Procedure(1/4)

Wafer

Alignment ChuckWafer Tray

Wafer tray is lifted until vacuum seal andpreload spring contact the probe card Vacuum seal 

Pre‐load spring 

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1TD Contact Procedure(2/4)

Alignment Chuck

Wafer tray is contacted to the probe card with minimum vacuum pressure•Spring F  > Vacuum F  ‐ Wafer tray weight•Probes do not contact wafer for preheating operation

Vacuum On

Clearance

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1TD Contact Procedure(3/4)

Alignment Chuck

Probe card is preheated by the heater installed in the wafer tray•Probes do not contact the wafer •Wafer tray is contacted to the probe card with minimum vacuum pressure

Heater

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1TD Contact Procedure(4/4)

Vacuum for contact

Probes contact the wafer by further decompression• Probes are protected by the stopper from over stroke• Vacuum pressure is adjustable depending onprobing force

Probe Contact  Stopper

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Scrub Mark 

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ResultFull wafer contact has been achieved

Ambient

‐30deg C

85deg C

12,000pinat ‐12.3kPa 

300mmWafer

Pad Size□90μm

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OD 20μm(‐5.5kpa)

40μm(‐7.2kPa)

60μm(‐8.9kPa)

80μm(‐10.6kPa)

100μm(‐12.3kPa)

VPCS

Prober

Overdrive Control & CRES (Ambient)

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Results•Proved that the same OD control asa prober is possible with VPCS•CRES < 1.8 ohm

*Cres is the path resistance including connectionfrom interposer to the probe tip

3.0 

1.5

0.0Measurement location 

CRES

[ohm

]

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OD 20μm(‐5.5kpa)

40μm(‐7.2kPa)

60μm(‐8.9kPa)

80μm(‐10.6kPa)

100μm(‐12.3kPa)

VPCS

Prober

Overdrive Control & CRES (85deg C)

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3.0 

1.5

0.0

Results•Proved that the same OD control asa prober is possible with VPCS•CRES < 1.3 ohm

*Cres is the path resistance including connectionfrom interposer to the probe tip

Measurement location 

CRES

[ohm

]

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OD 20μm(‐5.5kpa)

40μm(‐7.2kPa)

60μm(‐8.9kPa)

80μm(‐10.6kPa)

100μm(‐12.3kPa)

VPCS

Prober

Overdrive Control & CRES (‐30deg C)

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3.0 

1.5

0.0

Results•Proved that the same OD control asa prober is possible with VPCS•CRES < 2.3 ohm

*Cres is the path resistance including connectionfrom interposer to the probe tip

Measurement location 

CRES

[ohm

]

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Summary

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Easily obtained uniform and high contact force• 300mm wafer 576kgF, max 120K pin• 450mm wafer  1,297kgF, max 260K pin

*‐80kPa, 5gf/pin

Because pressure is uniformly distributed over the tester  and the wafer sides, a high stiffness structure is not requiredfor prober and card

Realized full wafer contact by VPCS + Existing MEMS probe• Achieve Probe overdrive control by VPCS• Proved using existing MEMS which is advantageous on reliability 

and cost

VPCS + MEMS is a powerful solution for 450mm wafer 1TD test

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Next step 450mm Full wafer contact

• Over 1ton contact force for ultra high pin count• Enhancement of resolution and precision of vacuum is required 

for finer overdrive control• Minimum deformation needed to have uniform scrub mark• To what extent can the board stiffener be eliminated or shrunk

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