MPI TS150 Prober Station

Probing your device on chip or wafer

To be read first:

  • WARNING!!! Shock Hazard!!! The intermediate BNC connectors, as well as the probe arms are driven to the test voltage (guard shield method) during measurement. For this reason the maximum DC voltage is limited to +/- 40V (security interlock closed by default).
  • Probe needles are very sharpe tip. Made from tungsten carbide material their can be damaged by crash or contaminated with residues. Do not use the probes for mechanical testing or machining.
  • In case of damaged or contaminated probe tip, contact the CMi staff. Do not try to clean or to change a tip without discussing with the staff.
  • Please immediately inform the CMi staff in case of problems with the equipment.

RESERVATION RULES AND BOOKING FEES POLICY:

  1. No booking restrictions.
  2. 24/7 booking/use is possible with CMi+1 extended access.
  3. Reservation names must correspond to operators.

Contents:

  1. Introduction
  2. Equipement description
  3. Users manuals
  4. Links
  5. Pictures gallery

I. Introduction

The MPI TS150 probe station is designed for electrical testing on wafers or chips, with a maximum of 4 independent terminals + additionnal chuck grounding. The chuck is compatible with wafer sizes up to 6 inch, chip or part of wafers. A optics with digital camera is used to center the probe tips on the contact pads. Three axis movement of the probe tips with the manual micro-manipulators allow soft and precise mechanical contact on the pads.

This probe station is coupled to an AGILENT Semiconductor Parameter Analyser 4155C to perform DC-like characterization of various microelectronic devices under test (resistance, diodes, transistors). The AG4155C includes a PC-based graphical user interface (GUI) called Desktop EasyEXPERT for editing, saving and starting measurement recipes and for archiving and exporting measurement data.

II. Equipment description

The equipment setup includes an Agilent 4155C Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, a configuration switching box and MPI probe station.

The equipment consists in:

MPI TS150 Probe Station

  • Fine-glide chuck stage on highly stable granite base with 150mm x 150mm and 10mm x 10mm coarse and fine X-Y travel range.
  • Binocular optics with occulars or microscope view on monitor. songle objective with zoom option.
  • Selectable 4 quadrants LED illumination.
  • Probes mounted on true X,Y,Z micro-positioners (MPI PM100) with interchangeable tungsten (W) contact tips (two different diameter available).
  • Additional electrical connection to the chuck for conductive substrates.

Parameter Analyser:

  • Agilent 4155C Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer with 4x Medium-power SMU, 2xVSU and 2xVMU.
  • Measurement capabilities: +/- 40 Volts and +/- 100 mA measurement unit (SMU) with 10 femtoamp and 0.2 microvolt measurement resolution.
  • Includes Desktop EasyEXPERT software for PC-based GUI instrument control.

Switching box:

  • A switching box allows rapid switching of electrical connections from the SMUs to micro-probes BNC cables.
  • 6 configuration options are available for standard applications such as FET, bipolar transistors, diodes, 2-points and 4-points general measurements

III. User manuals

Prober MPI TS150 Std ManualV1Download
EasyExpert ManualDownload

IV. Links

V. Pictures gallery