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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E. Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald J. Darcy, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Reliability Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ; G01R 3/126 ; H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/102 ; G01R 3/126 ; H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
A system and method for burning-in an integrated circuit comprises a socket capable of receiving and supporting the IC, electrical leads in the socket for connecting to corresponding leads on the chip, and a heat sink in thermal contact with a cooling medium. A first thermal interface provides releasable thermal contact between the integrated circuit in the socket and a resiliently mounted heat absorbing member. A second thermal interface is provided between the heat absorbing member and the heat sink.