The object
Raffaele Vallauri co-developed advanced probe cards that electrically connect semiconductor wafers to test equipment before chips are packaged. The Technoprobe team’s high-frequency, alignment and routing advances support accurate testing of dense and mixed-signal devices, reducing failures and waste in modern chip manufacturing.
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What Raffaele did
Co-developed Technoprobe’s advanced probe-card technologies for wafer-level semiconductor testing.
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Why it matters
The EPO credits the team’s cards with signal integrity to 110 GHz and with enabling European semiconductor makers to obtain critical local testing tools.
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Living-status check
The European Patent Office named Vallauri a 2026 European Inventor Award finalist and identifies his ongoing technology-strategy role at Technoprobe.