• DocumentCode
    2497245
  • Title

    A membrane quadrant probe for R&D applications

  • Author

    Basu, S. ; Gleason, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Cascade Microtech Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-13 June 1997
  • Firstpage
    1671
  • Abstract
    Membrane probes are known for their applications to production probing and their ability to integrate RF lines, matching networks and good power supply bypassing for known good die testing on-wafer. Nonetheless, they require die-specific design and are not reconfigurable. In this paper, we discuss a quadrant probe based on membrane technology which offers this alternative with lower loss than membrane probes and better DC bypassing capability than any other quadrant probe.
  • Keywords
    MMIC; S-parameters; impedance matching; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit testing; probes; production testing; DC bypassing; R&D applications; RF lines; die-specific design; known good die testing; loss; matching networks; membrane quadrant probe; on-wafer testing; power supply bypassing; production probing; Biomembranes; Capacitors; Coaxial cables; Coaxial components; Coplanar waveguides; Impedance; Microstrip; Probes; Radio frequency; Research and development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3814-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1997.596731
  • Filename
    596731