WO2004114392A1 - 被検査体の電気的特性を検査する検査方法及び検査装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an inspection method and an inspection device for inspecting electrical characteristics of a device under test. More specifically, the present invention relates to an inspection method and an inspection apparatus for bringing a test object into contact with a contact (eg, a probe) when inspecting electrical characteristics of the test object.
- a contact eg, a probe
- this type of inspection apparatus is delivered from a loader chamber 1 for transporting a test object (eg, a wafer) W and a loading chamber 1. And a prober chamber 2 for inspecting electrical characteristics of the wafer W.
- the loader room 1 includes a cassette storage unit 3, a wafer transfer mechanism 4 for transferring the wafer W to the loader room 1, and a sub chuck 5 for pre-aligning the wafer W. These are controlled by a control device (not shown).
- the prober chamber 2 has a table (hereinafter, referred to as a table) on which the wafer W transferred by the wafer transfer mechanism 4 is placed.
- probe card Contact holding mechanism 12 and multiple contacts of probe card 12 (hereinafter referred to as “probe”) 12 A
- An alignment mechanism 13 for aligning a plurality of electrodes of the wafer W on the probe 11 with the probe is provided.
- the alignment mechanism 13 is connected to the alignment bridge 13A.
- An upper camera 13B attached and a lower camera 9C attached to the main chuck 11 are provided.
- the alignment bridge 13A advances from the front of the prober chamber 2 to the center of the probe center along the pair of guide rails 13D, the electrode of the wafer W is formed. Align the probe with the probe 12A.
- the lower camera 9C attached to the main chuck 11 is moved to the probe card by moving the main chuck 11 by the XY table 7. Make it reach just below 1 2.
- the elevating mechanism 15B raises and lowers the main chuck 11, and the lower camera 9C captures an image of the tip of the predetermined probe 12A.
- the controller calculates the X, Y, and Z position coordinates of the tip of the probe 12A from the position of the main chuck 11 at this time.
- the alignment prism 13A advances to the probe center, and the upper camera 13B and the lower camera 9C are focused on the target 9E. Align the optical axes of both cameras. From the position coordinates at this time, the reference position of the main chuck 11 is obtained.
- the upper camera 13B images a predetermined electrode of the wafer W.
- the controller calculates the X, Y, and Z position coordinates of the electrode from the position of main chuck 11 at this time. Based on these positional coordinates, the electrode of wafer W and probe 12A are aligned.
- a test head T is rotatably disposed on a head plate 2A of the prober chamber 2.
- the test head T and the probe card 12 are electrically connected via a performance board (not shown).
- the tester (not shown)
- the inspection signal transmitted to the probe 12A via the test head T and the performance board is applied to the electrode of the wafer W from the probe 12A.
- the electrical characteristics of a plurality of devices on the wafer W are inspected using the inspection signal.
- the electrodes of the wafer W come into contact with the probes 12A after being in contact with the probes 12A, so that the electrodes are electrically contacted with the probes 12A at a predetermined pressure.
- the distance between the tip of the probe 12A and the electrode of the wafer W is detected with high accuracy.
- the probe 12A and the electrode are surely brought into contact with each other.
- the electrode electrically contacts the probe 12A.
- the height of the main mechanism 11 where the probe 12A and the electrode make contact immediately before overdrive is applied is called the contact start point.
- the lower camera 9C of the alignment mechanism 13 images the tip of the probe 12A in order to determine the contact start point. Also, in other inspection methods, a point at which the probe 12A and the electrode start to electrically conduct is determined to obtain an electrical contact, or a method of securing the probe 12A and the electrode is used. After inspecting the needle mark formed by the contact, there was a method of ensuring electrical contact.
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-51023 discloses an inspection device for electrically stably bringing an electrode into contact with a probe. Patent claims, paragraphs [0113], [001] and abstracts, Patent request 2 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-163651), claims and paragraph [0 0 18] and the inspection equipment described in the abstract.
- the semiconductor test device described in Patent Document 1 includes a needle driving mechanism, a pressure detection mechanism, a comparison operation control unit, and a ring operation mechanism.
- the comparison operation control unit compares the pressure signal of the probe from the pressure detection mechanism unit with the reference value, and drives the ring operation mechanism unit based on the signal from the comparison operation control unit. Is corrected.
- the semiconductor wafer inspection device described in Patent Document 2 includes a pressure sensor that detects a contact pressure between a probe and an electrode, and an appropriate contact pressure is secured based on the contact pressure detected by the pressure sensor.
- the lower camera 9C of the alignment mechanism 13 is used to detect the tip of the probe 12A.
- the electrodes When visually inspecting the probe marks on the electrode surface, the electrodes must be overdriven to make the probe marks.
- the height at which probe marks begin to be formed depends on the pressure and the surface shape of the electrode. In addition, since the probe marks are minute, visual inspection of the probe marks involves individual differences.
- the semiconductor wafer inspection device of Patent Document 2 controls a contact pressure by a pressure sensor provided on a wafer chuck. Therefore, the contact pressure must be controlled each time the electrode is brought into electrical contact with the probe.
- the inspection method based on the first viewpoint and the inspection method based on the second viewpoint may be further provided by combining any one of the following A) to H) or a combination of a plurality of them. I like it.
- the length measuring mechanism is an optical system length measuring mechanism.
- the length measuring mechanism is an alignment mechanism for aligning the electrode of the inspection object with the contact of the contact holding mechanism.
- the length measuring mechanism has a capacitance sensor.
- the load detecting mechanism has a load cell.
- an inspection device for inspecting electrical characteristics of a device under test comprises:
- a table on which the test object is placed (the table is provided with a moving mechanism for raising and lowering the table);
- a contact holding mechanism having a plurality of contacts arranged at a position facing the table
- a load detecting mechanism attached to the table detects a contact load when the contact comes into contact with the load detecting mechanism
- Length measuring mechanism (the length measuring mechanism measures the height of the load detecting mechanism and the height of the electrode of the subject);
- a control device (the control device is configured to move the table so that when the load detection mechanism contacts the contact, the table is controlled based on a load measurement signal output from the load detection mechanism); Detecting the first amount of movement required to move to a contact start point between the mechanism and the contact, and the control device includes: a height of the load detection mechanism; based on the height and the first amount of movement of electrodes, the electrodes of the obtaining step body determine the second amount of movement of the table needed to make touch contact to the tip of the contact) c 3 It is preferable that the inspection apparatus based on the above viewpoint further includes one of the following I) to M) or a combination of any two or more thereof.
- the length measuring mechanism has an optical system length measuring mechanism.
- the length measuring mechanism aligns the inspection object with the contact holding mechanism. It is provided in the alignment mechanism for adjusting
- the length measuring mechanism is an alignment mechanism for aligning the electrode of the inspection object with the contact of the contact holding mechanism.
- the load detection mechanism has a load cell.
- the load detecting mechanism has a lifting mechanism.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the inspection device of the present invention, and is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a distance to a load cell is measured using a laser length measuring mechanism.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control system of the inspection apparatus shown in FIG. '
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a contact start point is obtained using the inspection apparatus shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the distance to the electrode of the wafer is measured using the laser length measuring mechanism shown in FIG.
- Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a load detection mechanism used in another embodiment of the detection device of the present invention.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B are views showing an example of a conventional inspection apparatus, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view showing a part of the front part of which is cut away, and FIG. 6B is a plan view showing the inside thereof.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the tip of the probe is imaged with the camera below the alignment mechanism.
- An object of the present invention is to solve at least one of the above problems.
- the present invention will be described based on the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.
- an inspection apparatus 10 includes a table on which an object to be inspected (for example, a device W ′ formed on a wafer W) is placed and which moves in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. (Less than,
- a main contact 11 A main contact 11
- a contact holding mechanism hereinafter referred to as a “probe force mode”
- a probe Card 1 2 contacts hereinafter
- the inspection device 10 inspects the electrical characteristics of the test object W '.
- the main chuck 11 is moved in the horizontal direction by the XY table 15A under the control of the control device 14. Then, the main chuck 11 is raised and lowered by the lifting drive mechanism 15B (see FIG. 2).
- the alignment mechanism 13 is, as in the past, the alignment bridge 13A,
- the upper camera 13B and the guide rail 13D can be provided, and the alignment bridge 13A reciprocates between the innermost part of the prober chamber and the probe center. Moving.
- the length measurement mechanism (eg, optical system length measurement mechanism (eg, laser length measurement mechanism)) 16 can be installed independently in the inspection device, but the It can also be attached to the bridge 13A.
- a load sensor (eg, load cell) 17 having a load sensor 17 A is provided on the main chuck 11. be able to.
- the control device 14 can include an arithmetic processing unit 14A and a storage unit 14B, for example, as shown in FIG.
- the control device 14 controls the main mechanism 11 based on the measurement signal of the laser length measurement mechanism 16 and the pressure signal of the load detection mechanism 17, and also as described later.
- the contact start point between the electrode P of the test object W 'and the probe 12A can be detected.
- the laser length measuring mechanism 16 transmits the laser beam B to the load cell 17 A or the main chuck 1 A, as shown in FIGS.
- the distance L c between the lens 13 B ′ and the load cell 17 A or the distance between the lens 13 B and the electrode P Measure L p ( Figure 4) with high accuracy.
- the laser beam B is emitted from the upper camera 13B, the position of the load cell 17A and the position of the electrode P of the inspection object W are determined by the alignment mechanism 13. After the detection, the distances Lp and Lc can be easily and reliably measured. ——
- the load detection mechanism 17 can be arranged, for example, on either the top surface or the side surface of the main chuck 11.
- a support 18 is provided horizontally from the side of the main 11 and the load is detected on this support 18.
- Mechanism 17 can be arranged.
- the load detecting mechanism 17 may be installed in any place as long as it can move in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction together with the main mechanism 11.
- the load detection mechanism 17 may be any mechanism that can detect the pressure of the probe 12 A, but a load cell 17 A is used. Is preferred. It is preferable that the load cell 17A has a sensitivity capable of detecting a pressure of, for example, 0.05 g or less.
- the height of the surface of the load cell 17 A is arbitrary, but is preferably set to be substantially the same as the mounting surface 11 A of the main mechanism 11 on which the wafer W is mounted. .
- the load cell 17 A can be placed slightly above the wafer mounting surface when a load is detected, and can be retracted downward when not in use. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the lifting mechanism 17B provided on the support base 18 can move up and down the load cell 17A.
- the elevating mechanism 17 B can be controlled by the control device 14. As the elevating mechanism 17B, a conventionally known motor driving method or air cylinder driving method can be used.
- the position at which the load cell 17A of the load detection mechanism 17 detects a predetermined pressure can be used as the contact start point between the electrode P of the test object W 'and the probe 12A.
- the predetermined pump pressure is set to 0.05 g. Therefore, after the electrode P of the test object w 'reaches the contact start point, the test object W' is moved toward the probe by a certain amount of overdriving (in the present embodiment, it is raised). Accordingly, the electrode can always be brought into contact with the probe 12A at a constant pressure without being affected by the type of the probe card 12 or the wafer W. As a result, the electrode can be brought into electrical contact with the probe 12A.
- Position of the eye Yi Pichincha click 1 1 of the contact start point (hereinafter referred to as "the height of the contact starting point") is in t main Lee Pichincha click 1 1 that can have and this determined in the jar like the following: Measure the height of the provided reference point t
- the reference point can be used at any point in the main mechanism 11 as the reference point.However, the measurement surface of the load detection mechanism 17 (for example, the load cell 17A) can be used as the reference point. Can be a reference point. If the reference point is different from the measurement surface of the load detection mechanism 17, it is important to measure the distance between the reference point and the measurement surface of the load detection mechanism 17. .
- the surface of the load cell 17A is used as a reference point will be described.
- the height L c of the surface of the load cell 17 A is measured using the laser length measuring mechanism 16.
- the load cell 17 A is brought into contact with the probe 12 A by raising the main chuck 11.
- the pressure detected by the load cell 17 A of the load detection mechanism 17 is transmitted to the control device 14.
- the arithmetic processing unit 14A of the control device 14 grasps the position at which the received pressure reaches a predetermined pressure (eg, 0.05 g) as a contact start point.
- a predetermined pressure eg, 0.05 g
- first rise amount the amount of rise of the main chuck 11
- the height of the contact start point can be obtained based on the first rising amount.
- the storage unit 14B stores the first amount of increase.
- the height of the electrode P of the test object W ′ on the main mechanism 11 is measured using the laser length measuring mechanism 16. That is, the main body 11 descends from the contact start point and moves horizontally, so that the test object W ′ on the main body 11 reaches just below the probe card 12. Let it. During this time, the alignment bridge 13A advances to the probe center, and the laser measuring mechanism 16 is positioned above the inspection object W '.
- the laser length measuring mechanism 16 measures the distance L p between the lens 13 B ′ and the electrode P. This distance L p corresponds to the height of the electrode P. The signal of L p is transmitted to the control device 14.
- the arithmetic processing unit 14A of the control device 14 obtains the difference AL between the distance Lp and the distance Lc.
- the mechanism From the position force when measuring the height of the load cell using the difference L, the mechanism extends from the position force at which the electrode P of the test object W 'comes into contact with the tip of the probe 12A. It is possible to determine the second amount of rise required to raise the lock 11.
- the second rise is obtained by subtracting the difference AL from the first rise. Can be done. Conversely, if the distance Lc is shorter than the distance p, the second rise can be obtained by adding the difference to the first rise.
- the wafer W is indexed after each inspection of each inspection object to inspect the electrical characteristics of each inspection object W '. Thereafter, the main mechanism 11 is raised by a distance corresponding to the second amount of rise. Due to this rise, the electrode P reaches the contact start point accurately and reliably, and the electrode P contacts the probe 12A with a preset pressure of about 0.05 g. At the time of index feed, the main mechanism 11 is lowered by a certain amount, moved horizontally to the next inspection position, and then moved up by the same amount to maintain stable pressure with the electrode. Probe can be contacted.
- the distance L p of the entire wafer is measured before the inspection, or several distances L p of representative points on the wafer are measured, and the index after the index is fed based on the measured L p value.
- the contact can be made more stable by changing the amount of rise.
- the controller 14 overdrives the main chuck 11 by a certain amount from the contact start point. As a result, the electrode P can be brought into contact with the probe 12A at a predetermined pressure.
- the mounting state of the probe card 12 can be checked.
- the load detecting mechanism 17 (load cell 17 A) is used to detect the probe force at a plurality of points (for example, at each of the four corners of the probe card). Measure the contact start point of multiple probes 12 A at the point. If the measured contact start points are different, it can be understood that the probe card 12 is inclined. In other words, based on the height of the starting point of contact between the main chuck 12 and each probe, the parallelism between the main chuck 12 and the surface formed by the tip of the probe can be obtained. You.
- the main chuck 12 and the surface formed by the tip of the probe are inclined, for example, the inclination of the probe card 12 or the inclination of the main chuck 11 should be corrected.
- the main check 1 The upper wafer W and the surface formed by the tips of the plurality of probes 12A can be made parallel.
- the wafer W is placed from the loader chamber 1 (FIG. 6 (A)) to the main mechanism 11 in the prober chamber 2 (FIG. 6 (A)).
- the alignment bridge 13 A advances from the innermost part of the prober chamber to the probe center (the center of the probe card). Using the alignment mechanism 13 attached to the alignment bridge 13 A, the wafer W on the main chuck 11 is aligned with the probe force 12.
- the camera 13 B on the alignment bridge 13 A finds the load S load cell 17 A.
- the load cell 17 A is positioned directly below the upper camera 13 B, that is, directly below the detection center of the probe card 12.
- the laser measuring mechanism 16 irradiates the reference point (here, the load measuring surface of the load cell 17A was used as the reference point) with the laser beam B, so that the upper camera
- the distance Lc between the lens 13B 'of the lens 13B and the load cell 17A is measured.
- the reference point may be a designated point on the measurement surface of the main mechanism 11, but in this case, the distance between the designated point and the load measurement surface of the load cell 17A is measured. deep .
- the control device 14 receives the distance Lc from the laser length measuring mechanism 16 and stores it in the storage unit 14B.
- Alignment bridge 13 A is behind the probe center Retreat, and the main check 11 rises.
- the load cell 17 A of the load detection mechanism 17 rises toward the probe 12 A.
- Load cell 17 A contacts probe 12 A.
- the arithmetic processing unit 14A of the controller 14 Upon receiving a pressure signal of a predetermined pressure (e.g., 0.05 g) detected by the load cell 17A, the arithmetic processing unit 14A of the controller 14 sends the load cell 17A to the contact start point. Judge that it has been reached.
- the rising amount of the main chuck 11 during this time (first rising amount) is stored in the storage unit 14B as the height of the contact start point.
- the distance between the reference point and the load cell 17 A load measurement surface is determined by the height of the contact start point. Need to be considered.
- the main bridge 11 forces S descend, and the alignment bridge 13A advances to the probe center.
- the main camera 11B moves in the horizontal direction (X and Y directions), so that the upper camera 13B finds an electrode at a predetermined position on the wafer W.
- the surface of the electrode P of the test object W ' is irradiated with the laser beam B from the laser measuring mechanism 16 so that the distance between the lens of the upper camera 13 B and the surface of the electrode P is increased. Is measured.
- the control device 14 receives the measurement signal Lp from the laser length measuring mechanism 16 and stores it in the storage unit 14B of the control device 16.
- the method of the second embodiment is provided.
- the probe 12A is brought into contact with the electrode P of the test object W 'at a predetermined pressure, and both are electrically connected.
- the main chuck 11 is overdriven by a predetermined amount, so that the electrode P of the test object W 'and the probe 12A are electrically contacted at a predetermined pressure. In this state, the electrical characteristics of the test object W 'are inspected.
- the height of the contact start point corresponding to the plurality of electrodes of the test object is measured by repeating the above (b),
- a third embodiment for measuring the parallelism between the table and the test object based on each height is provided.
- the parallelism can be corrected by adjusting the inclination of the probe card and the Z or the table. Wear.
- the inclination of the plane formed by the plurality of electrodes can be corrected by adjusting the inclination of the table.
- the parallelism can be corrected by adjusting the inclination of the probe card and the Z or the table.
- At least one of the following features can be realized. -The electrode P of the test object W 'and the probe 12A can be surely and stably contacted.
- the electrode and probe 12A can be brought into electrical contact with the constant amount of overdrive.
- the probe card 12 and the wafer W on the main chuck 11 can be adjusted in parallel based on a plurality of contact start points.
- a laser length measuring mechanism 16 is provided on the alignment bridge 13A, and the laser beam B is emitted from the upper camera 13B.
- the laser beam length measuring mechanism 16 may be provided in a portion other than the 13A of the mounting prism.
- any length measuring mechanism for example, a capacitance sensor capable of measuring the distance to the electrode of the wafer W can be used.
- Load detection mechanism 17 is replaced with load cell 17A, May be used.
- any structure and arrangement can be used as long as the load detection mechanism can be moved integrally with the main chuck, instead of the structure in which the load detection mechanism is provided on the peripheral surface of the main chuck. Can also be employed.
- any contact eg, a bump
- any contact can be employed as long as it has a sharp tip in addition to the probe 12A.
- the mounting state of the probe force card 12 is adjusted in order to adjust the parallelism has been described.
- the main side, or both the probe card and the main side are adjusted. May be adjusted.
- the above (e) is repeated and executed. be able to. Then, in the above (e) at the time of inspection of the second and subsequent inspected objects, the distance for lowering and raising the main chuck may be used as the second rising amount.
- predetermined amounts may be employed. That is, after completing the inspection of the first test object, the wafer is lowered by a predetermined amount, the wafer is indexed, and the second and subsequent test objects are positioned immediately below the probe card. By raising the wafer by the predetermined amount, the electrodes of the second and subsequent test objects on the wafer can be brought into contact with the probe of the probe card and overdriven.
- This predetermined amount can be set to an optimum value based on the measurement results of (cl), (c2), (dl), and (d2) above.
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