Testing apparatus and testing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11368804-B1
Application number	US-202117364833-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2021
Priority date	Mar 24, 2021
Publication date	Jun 21, 2022
Grant date	Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

A testing apparatus including a testing platform, a loading device, a testing-signal generating device, a sound sensing device, a control unit, and an unloading device is disclosed. The loading device is configured to load a plurality of under-test devices to the testing platform. The testing-signal generating device is configured to generate at least one testing signal. The plurality of under-test devices receives the at least one testing signal and produces at least one testing sound-according to the at least one testing signal. The sound sensing device is configured to receive the at least one testing sound. The control unit controls the unloading device to unload the plurality of under-test devices from the testing platform and controls the unloading device to categorize the plurality of under-test devices into a plurality of groups according to the at least one testing sound received by the sound sensing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A testing apparatus, comprising:
a testing platform;
a loading device, configured to load a plurality of under-test devices to the testing platform, wherein the plurality of under-test devices produces sound;
a testing-signal generating device, configured to generate at least one testing signal, wherein the plurality of under-test devices receives the at least one testing signal and produces at least one testing sound according to the at least one testing signal;
a socket, disposed on the testing platform, wherein each under-test device comprises a first chamber and a second chamber, the socket comprises a sealing component, and the sealing component is configured to isolate the first chamber from the second chamber when the each under-test device is loaded on the testing platform and produces a part of the at least one testing sound;
a sound sensing device, configured to receive the at least one testing sound produced by at least one of the plurality of under-test devices;
a control unit; and
an unloading device, wherein the control unit controls the unloading device to unload the plurality of under-test devices from the testing platform and controls the unloading device to categorize the plurality of under-test devices into a plurality of groups according to the at least one testing sound produced by the at least one under-test device and received by the sound sensing device.

2. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sealing component has an opening, an area of the opening is larger than or equal to an area of a sound outlet opening of the each under-test device, and the each under-test device is a top firing sound producing device.

3. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the socket comprises a socket base, the socket base has an opening, an area of the opening is larger than or equal to an area of a sound outlet opening of the each under-test device, and the each under-test device is a top firing sound producing device.

4. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sealing component has an opening, an area of the opening is larger than or equal to a distribution area of back openings of the each under-test device, and the each under-test device is a side firing sound producing device.

5. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the socket comprises a socket base, the socket base has an opening and a groove, a size of the groove is wider than or equal to a size of a sound outlet opening of the each under-test device, and the each under-test device is a side firing sound producing device.

6. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a geometric center of a receiving surface of the sound sensing device is aligned to a geometric center of an opening of the sealing component, a geometric center of a sound outlet opening of the each under-test device, or a geometric center of a groove of the socket.

7. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the socket comprises a socket cover, the socket cover has at least one opening, the at least one opening connects to the second chamber for air pressure changes to propagate across the at least one opening, and an area of the at least one opening is larger than or equal to an distribution area of back openings of the each under-test device.

8. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one socket base component, the sealing component, the sound sensing device, or the each under-test device enclose a closed space.

9. The testing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one testing signal comprises a plurality of testing signals;
the plurality of testing signals has a plurality of tones;
the plurality of testing signals with the plurality of tones is delivered to the plurality of under-test device, so as to produce the at least one testing sound.

10. A testing method, comprising:
loading, by a testing apparatus, a plurality of under-test devices to a testing platform;
generating at least one testing signal, the step of generating the at least one testing signal comprising:
isolating a first chamber of each under-test device from a second chamber of the each under-test device when the each under-test device is loaded on the testing platform and produces a part of the at least one testing sound;

the plurality of under-test devices receiving the at least one testing signal and producing at least one testing sound according to the at least one testing signal;
sensing the at least one testing sound produced by at least one of the plurality of under-test devices; and
categorizing, by the testing apparatus, the plurality of under-test devices into a plurality of groups according to the at least one testing sound produced by the at least one under-test device and received by a sound sensing device.

11. The testing method of claim 10 , wherein
the at least one testing signal comprises a plurality of testing signals;
the plurality of testing signals has a plurality of tones;
the plurality of testing signals with the plurality of tones is delivered to the plurality of under-test device, so as to produce the at least one testing sound.

12. A testing method, comprising:
generating a plurality of electrical testing signals, wherein the plurality of electrical testing signals has a plurality of tones;
delivering the plurality of electrical testing signals with the plurality of tones to the plurality of under-test devices;
the plurality of under-test devices producing a testing sound according to the plurality of electrical testing signals;
sensing the testing sound produced by the plurality of under-test devices; and
categorizing the plurality of under-test devices into a plurality of groups according to the testing sound according to the plurality of electrical testing signals with the plurality of tones.

13. The testing method of claim 12 , wherein the under-test device is packaged under-test device.

14. The testing method of claim 12 , wherein the under-test device is a sound producing die formed on a wafer, and the steps of delivering the plurality of electrical testing signals with the plurality of tones to the plurality of under-test devices and the plurality of under-test devices producing the testing sound according to the plurality of electrical testing signals are performed before a singular process is performed on the wafer.

Assignees

• Xmems Labs Inc

Inventors

• Liu Yuan-Shuang
• Hong David
• Chuang Ming-Che
• Wang ping-sheng

Classifications

• B81C99/005

  Test apparatus · CPC title

• H04R29/001 Primary

  for loudspeakers (H04R29/007 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R2201/003

  Mems transducers or their use · CPC title

• H04R29/00 Primary

  Monitoring arrangements; Testing arrangements {(for hearing aids H04R25/30; detection of loudspeaker connection H04R5/04; sound-field adaptation dependent on speaker detection H04S7/308)} · CPC title

• H04R19/00

  Electrostatic transducers · CPC title