View source for US Patent Application 17737042. APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PROBE CARD AND PROBES USING THERMAL HEAT SENSOR TRACE simplified abstract

=APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PROBE CARD AND PROBES USING THERMAL HEAT SENSOR TRACE=


==Organization Name==

[[Intel Corporation]]


==Inventor(s)==

[[Arthur Isakharov of Aloha OR (US)]]

==APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PROBE CARD AND PROBES USING THERMAL HEAT SENSOR TRACE - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17737042 titled 'APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PROBE CARD AND PROBES USING THERMAL HEAT SENSOR TRACE

==Simplified Explanation==

- The patent application describes an apparatus that includes a thermal heat sensor trace and a controller.
- The thermal heat sensor trace is made of conductive metal and is placed in a space transformer.
- The sensor trace is designed to form a resistance, and the controller can measure the voltage across this resistance.
- The voltage measured by the controller is directly related to the temperature of the space transformer.
- The controller is programmed to compare the measured voltage to a predetermined threshold voltage.
- If the measured voltage is equal to or greater than the threshold voltage, the controller will output an alert signal.
- The alert signal can be used to reduce or warn about the temperature of the space transformer.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

An apparatus includes a thermal heat sensor trace including conductive metal and disposed in a space transformer, the thermal heat sensor trace being configured to form a resistance, and a controller configured to sense a voltage across the resistance formed by the thermal heat sensor trace, the voltage positively correlating to a temperature of the space transformer. The controller is further configured to determine whether the sensed voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold voltage, and based on the sensed voltage being determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold voltage, output an alert signal for reducing and/or warning of the temperature of the space transformer.