Stabilizers to be disposed on a surface of a semiconductor device or test
substrate and methods of fabricating and disposing the stabilizers on
semiconductor devices and test substrates. Semiconductor devices and test
substrates including the stabilizers are also disclosed, as well as
assemblies wherein the stabilizers are disposed between a semiconductor
device and a test substrate. One or more of the stabilizers are disposed
on the surface of a semiconductor device or test substrate prior to
bonding the semiconductor device face-down upon the test substrate. Upon
assembly of the semiconductor device face-down upon a test substrate and
establishing electrical communication between contact pads of the
semiconductor device and test pads of the test substrate, such as with
conductive structures, the stabilizers prevent the semiconductor device
from tipping or tilting relative to the test substrate. The stabilizers
nay be preformed structures which are attached to a surface of a
semiconductor device, test substrate, or both. Alternatively, the
stabilizers can be fabricated on the surface of the semiconductor device,
the test substrate, or both. A stereolithographic method of fabricating
the stabilizers is disclosed. The stereolithographic method may include
use of a machine vision system including at least one camera operably
associated with a computer controlling a stereolithographic application
of material so that the system may recognize the position and orientation
of a semiconductor device or test substrate on which the stabilizer is to
be fabricated.