KR20080109270A - Method for producing probe card - Google Patents
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1 schematically shows a probe card manufactured according to a conventional probe card manufacturing method.
2A to 2C schematically illustrate a substrate preparation step in a method of manufacturing a probe card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A to 3C schematically illustrate a step of preparing a sacrificial substrate in a method of manufacturing a probe card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4a to 4c schematically show the step of forming the proximal end of the probe in the method of manufacturing a probe card according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 schematically shows the steps of forming the body portion and the tip portion of the probe of the probe card manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6a schematically shows the steps of forming the body portion and the tip portion of the probe of the probe card manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6B schematically illustrates bonding the body and tip of the probe formed in FIG. 6A to the proximal end of the probe of FIG. 4C.
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a probe card, and more particularly, to a method of manufacturing a probe card capable of forming a proximal end portion of a probe of a probe card using a silicon wafer as a sacrificial substrate.
A wafer probing apparatus is an apparatus for electrically testing each individual semiconductor chip formed on a wafer by using a probe card, and the probe contacts a metal pad of each individual semiconductor chip so that a test can be performed.
The probe of the probe card for performing the electrical test of each individual semiconductor chip on the wafer is generally used in the form of a needle (also referred to as a 'probe needle'), and each of these probes is mounted on a probe card. However, it is not preferable to mount a needle-shaped probe on a probe card in terms of its manufacturing time and cost.
Therefore, a method of simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of probe card probes by using a semiconductor etching technology has been studied.
Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing a conventional probe card using a semiconductor etching technique will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, after the photoresist layer is formed of a photoresist material on the
Thereafter, a photoresist layer is further formed, the portions corresponding to the beams of the probes are etched away, and then the metals are plated on the etched portions to form the
However, in the conventional method, since the thickness of the photoresist layer formed on the
However, in the
In order to solve the above problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a novel probe card manufacturing method capable of forming a proximal end of a probe having a sufficient height without repeating the formation of the photoresist layer, the etching removal process, and the polishing removal process. To provide.
In addition, the present invention is to provide a novel probe card manufacturing method that can form the base end of the desired height in one metal plating process.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a probe card, the method comprising: preparing a substrate having a plurality of wiring units and a plurality of upper surface terminals electrically connected to one ends of the plurality of wiring units and attached to an upper portion thereof; ; Preparing a silicon wafer sacrificial substrate, and forming a plurality of through holes on the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate to respectively correspond to positions corresponding to the plurality of top terminals; Positioning the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate on the substrate such that the plurality of through holes correspond to the plurality of top terminals; Forming a plurality of proximal ends by introducing conductive metals into the upper portions of the plurality of upper surface terminals, respectively, through the plurality of through holes; Forming a plurality of body parts of a predetermined length to correspond to upper portions of the plurality of base ends, respectively, with a conductive metal; And forming a tip portion having a predetermined height of a conductive metal so as to correspond to a predetermined region of the plurality of body portions, respectively.
The base end may have a height of 300 μm or more.
In the method of manufacturing a probe card, after forming a photoresist layer on the substrate in the preparing of the substrate, only a portion corresponding to the plurality of top terminals is etched to form a plurality of mold portions corresponding to the plurality of base ends. It may further comprise the step.
Here, in the positioning of the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate on the substrate, the plurality of mold portions and the plurality of through holes may be in communication with each other. The conductive metal may be nickel, nickel cobalt alloy or nickel iron alloy.
In the method of manufacturing the probe card, the forming of the plurality of body parts may include forming a photoresist layer on an upper portion of the substrate provided with the plurality of base ends, and then removing only portions corresponding to the plurality of body parts by etching. Forming a plurality of mold portions corresponding to the trunk portion of the body; And introducing a conductive metal into each of the plurality of mold parts to form a plurality of body parts.
In the method of manufacturing the probe card, the forming of the plurality of tips may include forming a photoresist layer on the substrate having the plurality of body parts, and then etching away only portions corresponding to the plurality of tips. Forming a plurality of mold portions corresponding to the tip portion; And introducing a conductive metal into each of the plurality of mold parts to form a plurality of tip parts.
The forming of the plurality of body parts in the method of manufacturing the probe card may include forming a plurality of through holes on the separately prepared second sacrificial substrate to correspond to positions corresponding to the plurality of body parts, respectively; Positioning the second sacrificial substrate on the substrate such that the plurality of through holes respectively correspond to an upper portion of the plurality of base ends; And introducing a conductive metal into the plurality of through holes, respectively, to form a plurality of body parts.
The forming of the plurality of tip parts in the method of manufacturing the probe card may include forming a plurality of through holes on the third sacrificial substrate separately prepared to correspond to positions corresponding to the plurality of tip parts; Positioning the third sacrificial substrate on the substrate such that the plurality of through holes respectively correspond to an upper portion of a predetermined region of the body portion; And introducing a conductive metal into the plurality of through holes, respectively, to form a plurality of tip parts.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a probe card, the method comprising: preparing a substrate having a plurality of wiring units and a plurality of upper surface terminals electrically connected to one ends of the plurality of wiring units and attached to an upper portion thereof; step; Preparing a silicon wafer sacrificial substrate, and forming a plurality of through holes on the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate to respectively correspond to positions corresponding to the plurality of top terminals; Placing the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate on the substrate such that the plurality of through holes formed in the plurality of upper surface terminals correspond to each other; Forming a plurality of proximal ends by introducing conductive metals into the upper portions of the plurality of upper surface terminals, respectively, through the plurality of through holes; Preparing a sacrificial substrate and forming a plurality of tips on the sacrificial substrate with a conductive metal; Forming a plurality of body parts of a predetermined length to correspond to upper portions of the plurality of tip parts, respectively, with a conductive metal; And positioning the second sacrificial substrate on the substrate so that the plurality of body parts respectively correspond to the plurality of base ends, and bonding the plurality of body parts to the corresponding plurality of base ends, respectively.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a probe card, the method comprising: preparing a substrate having a plurality of wiring units and a plurality of upper surface terminals electrically connected to one ends of the plurality of wiring units and attached to an upper portion thereof; step; Preparing a silicon wafer sacrificial substrate, and forming a plurality of through holes on the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate to respectively correspond to positions corresponding to the plurality of top terminals; Placing the silicon wafer sacrificial substrate on the substrate such that the plurality of through holes formed in the plurality of upper surface terminals correspond to each other; Forming a plurality of proximal ends by introducing conductive metals into the upper portions of the plurality of upper surface terminals, respectively, through the plurality of through holes; Forming a plurality of body parts of a predetermined length to correspond to upper portions of the plurality of base ends, respectively, with a conductive metal;
Preparing a sacrificial substrate and forming a plurality of tips on the sacrificial substrate with a conductive metal; And positioning the sacrificial substrate on the substrate so that the plurality of tip portions respectively correspond to predetermined regions of the plurality of body portions, and bonding the plurality of tip portions to the plurality of body portions.
In order to achieve the above technical problem, in the present invention, a mold corresponding to the proximal end of the probe is separately formed by using a silicon wafer having a thickness corresponding to the height of the proximal end of the desired probe, and the metal is used once. By performing the plating process to form the proximal end of the probe, the proximal end of the probe can be formed without repeating the formation of the photoresist layer, the etching removal process, and the polishing removal process.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
First, as shown in FIG. 2A, a silicon substrate or a laminated ceramic substrate is prepared as the
The
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2B, a photoresist material was applied on the
Here, the photoresist material may be a positive photoresist material that is a material that breaks the bond chain of the polymer in the exposed site when exposed, or a negative photoresist material that the bond chain of the polymer in the exposed site is firm when exposed. . The first
As such, when the first
In FIG. 2C, the thickness of the
Thereafter, the bonding material may be further applied on the
Next, after preparing the silicon wafer as a sacrificial substrate, as shown in Figure 3a, the silicon wafer is polished to a thickness corresponding to the height of the proximal end of the probe to be manufactured. This polishing method is not particularly limited and preferably uses chemical mechanical polishing (CMP). In the present invention, the height of the proximal end is not particularly limited, and may be preferably 300 μm or more. As described above, in the present invention, the thickness of the silicon wafer whose thickness exceeds the height of the proximal end of the probe for the probe card is prepared to correspond to the height of the proximal end of the probe. There is no need to repeat the resist formation, etching removal process, polishing removal process, and the like.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3B, the portion corresponding to the proximal end of the probe is performed on the silicon wafer having the thickness adjusted until the silicon wafer is penetrated by the conventional active ion etching method. A base end through
In addition, the oxide layers 410 and 420 are formed by oxidizing both surfaces of the silicon wafer on which the through
Thereafter, the silicon wafer
Thereafter, the
Then, as can be seen in Figure 4b, using the metal film (110, 120) as an electrode, the inner end of the
After forming the
In this case, as the conductive metal used for forming the proximal end, a metal having excellent elasticity and conductivity is used. Preferably, nickel or nickel alloy, specifically nickel cobalt alloy or nickel iron alloy is used.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 5A, the silicon wafer
In addition, after the
Thereafter, a photoresist material was applied on the
As such, when the
Thereafter, a conductive metal is introduced into the body mold of the probe according to the electroplating method to form the
After the
At this time, as the conductive metal used for forming the body portion, a metal having excellent elasticity and conductivity is used, and preferably nickel or nickel alloy, specifically nickel cobalt alloy or nickel iron alloy is used.
Thereafter, a photoresist material was applied on the
As such, when the
Thereafter, a conductive metal is introduced into the body mold of the probe according to the electroplating method to form the
After the
At this time, as the conductive metal used for forming the tip portion, a metal having excellent elasticity and conductivity is used, and preferably nickel or nickel alloy, specifically nickel cobalt alloy or nickel iron alloy is used.
In order to achieve the desired tip height and shape, the photoresist material may be repeatedly applied to further form the
As such, when the
In the above, the method of manufacturing a probe card according to an embodiment of the present invention, which forms the body part and the tip part of the probe by using a semiconductor process on the proximal end of the formed probe, is disclosed. The manufacturing method is not limited to this.
Specifically, in order to form the body portion or the tip portion of the probe, a separate sacrificial substrate having a through hole corresponding to the body portion or the tip portion of the probe is prepared, and used as a mold for the body portion or the tip portion of the probe, a conductive metal It may be introduced into the mold to form the body portion or the tip portion of the probe. The method of using the sacrificial substrate is similar to the method of using the sacrificial substrate with respect to the proximal end of the probe of the silicon wafer or the silicon substrate, and thus, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
On the other hand, according to the method for manufacturing a probe according to another embodiment of the present invention, after forming the body portion and the tip portion of the probe using a separate sacrificial substrate, the
In detail, as shown in FIG. 6A, the
Herein, the formation of the
Thereafter, a bonding material is coated on the
At this time, the position of the
6B, the
As such, when the
In addition, according to the method for manufacturing a probe according to another embodiment of the present invention, after forming only the tip portion of the probe using a separate sacrificial substrate, by aligning the sacrificial substrate on the
Using the method of manufacturing a probe card of the present invention, there is no need to repeat the formation of the photoresist layer, the etching removal process, the conductive metal plating process, and the polishing process to form the proximal end of the probe, thereby reducing the overall process time. It is shortened and the base end part of desired height can be formed by one metal plating process.
On the other hand, by using the method of manufacturing the probe card, it is possible to minimize the formation of the photoresist layer, the etching removal process, the conductive metal plating process, and the polishing process, thereby minimizing the process stress, and thus the process of the probe during the manufacturing process The collapse of the proximal end can be minimized.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention, and it is obvious that the present invention belongs to the appended claims. Do.
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