Electroglas Delivers New Technology for Highly Accurate Probe Card Alignment on EG4/200 Wafer Probers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 New Fiducial fi·du·cial adj. 1. Based on or relating to faith or trust. 2. Relating to or characteristic of a legal trust; fiduciary. 3. Regarded or employed as a standard of reference, as in surveying. Alignment Software Improves Probing Process Accuracy for Small Device Geometries and Tight-pitch Applications, Reducing Test Costs Through Increased Efficiency Electroglas, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGLS EGLS Eastside German Language School (Issaquah, WA) ), a leading supplier of process management tools for the semiconductor industry, today announced the availability of Fiducial Alignment, a new probe card A probe card is an interface between an electronic test system and a semiconductor wafer. Its purpose is to provide an electrical path between the test system and the circuits on the wafer, thereby permitting the testing and validation of the circuits at the wafer level, usually alignment technology that provides highly accurate reference points for improved probe-to-pad alignment in tight-pitch applications, allowing difficult to find probe card pins to be located more easily. Designed to improve overall manufacturing efficiency and reduce test costs, the Fiducial Alignment technology is initially available for the company's EG4/200 wafer probers The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , a fully automatic probing system featuring the industry's only probe-centered Z-drive to ensure consistent alignment of probe force and contact force. "Shrinking device sizes down to sub-0.13 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. levels and the emergence of specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. devices are requiring smaller bond pads and tighter pitches, both of which place more importance on the accuracy of probe card alignment," said Karl Heiman, director of marketing for Electroglas' Prober Products Division. "Fiducial Alignment will allow us to address those manufacturing challenges and meet the needs of our customers to probe quickly and accurately on the most advanced device designs and probe card technologies." Mark Brandemuehl, vice president of marketing at FormFactor, Inc., the industry leader in high performance wafer (1) A small, thin continuous-loop magnetic tape cartridge that has been used from time to time for data storage and specialized applications. (2) The base unit of chip making. It is a slice taken from a salami-like silicon crystal ingot up to 12" (300mm) in diameter. probe cards, agreed. "Next-generation probe cards will require precise alignment to very fine-pitched pins," said Brandemuehl. "Fiducial Alignment enables the most advanced, fine-pitched probe cards to be accurately aligned to small bond pads, making it a critical step forward for advanced semiconductor manufacturing." In addition to the new probe card alignment methodology, Fiducial Alignment technology incorporates a new file download technique, delivering files to the prober for each probe-tip location. The end result of Fiducial Alignment running on Electroglas' EG4/200 wafer probers is an increase in overall test-cell reliability, capability and productivity. Availability Fiducial Alignment technology is available today for Electroglas' EG4/200 wafer probers. The company plans to extend this technology in the future to the Horizon 4090u (micro), its proven wafer probing system designed to address the performance demands of high volume production testing and the EG5/300, its next generation probing platform for 300mm wafers wafers compressed roughage in flat plates useful for feeding to animals in transit. . For more information, contact Electroglas at +1 (408) 528-3000. About Electroglas, Inc. Electroglas delivers essential tools for process management to enhance the profitability of semiconductor manufacturers. The company's wafer probers, inspection systems and software solutions serve as data collection, management and analysis tools that semiconductor manufacturers depend upon to improve their productivity and process control by optimizing sort-floor efficiency. Electroglas has been a leading supplier of wafer probers for over 40 years and has an installed base of more than 15,000 systems. The company's stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EGLS". The company's Web site is located at www.electroglas.com. Note to Editors: In the product names "EG4/200" and "EG5/300" the forward slash The forward slash, or slash, character (/) is the divide symbol in programming and on calculator keyboards. For example, 10 / 7 means 10 divided by 7. The slash is also often used in command line syntax to indicate a switch. 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