Guide Plates for Probe Cards

WOP delivers Ceramic Plates and Glass Plates for the probe cards industry – an essential component for guiding probes for microchip inspection at the correct position.

We offer rapid prototyping and production services for your individual designs.

The semiconductor industry further minimizing contact sizes and increasing density requires novel solutions to meet today’s market needs.

While conventional processing methods cannot keep up with feature size minimization at the same quality level, we offer industry-leading processing technology and experience.

We ensure:

Ultra-high precision & quality
Rapid prototyping
Heat and force resistance
Small feature sizes
Diverse materials: ceramic (silicon carbide, silicon nitride) and many types of glasses
High aspect ratios unachievable with alternative technologies

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Why glass probes?

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Card

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards

Ceramic Plate

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards

Ceramic Plate

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards

Glass micro drilling of square shapes

Ultra-high precision
Fast prototyping
Heat and force resistance
All types of shapes
Small feature sizes
Diverse materials - ceramics, glass

Typical features

Circular, square, and other-shaped holes
Straight hole cross-section | no taper
Low chipping <10 μm
Smooth sidewalls, Ra <1 μm
Typical min. hole size 20 µm (circular)
Wafer size up to 200 mm x 200 mm (8”)
Wafer thickness from 30 µm to 10 mm

Positional accuracy ±3 µm
No debris on back and front surfaces
No sagging around holes
Aspect ratio up to 1:100
High throughput and yield
Ability to work with metalized glass types (e.g. Au, Pt, Ni, Cr, Mo)
Minimal or no post-processing is needed

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Why choose glass?

While we achieve outstanding results with both – glass and ceramics, we suggest thinking of using GLASS for your guide plates.

Glass manufacturing time is 20 times faster than ceramics. It will allow you to start testing sooner.
Ultra-high precision & quality on glass ensures more accurate testing.
There are 80% fewer defects while using glass. It will save you money and time.

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Glass Guide Plate for Probe Card

Ceramic Plate

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Card

Glass micro drilling of square shapes

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards

Silicon Carbide Laser Drilling

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards

Ceramic Plate

Glass Guide Plate for Probe Cards