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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2003
Lonnie J. Cannon, Austin, TX (US);
John Saunders Corbin, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
David Lewis Gardell, Fairfax, VT (US);
Jose Arturo Garza, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jeffrey Frank Kutner, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Kenneth Carl Larsen, Georgetown, TX (US);
Howard Victor Mahaney, Jr., Cedar Park, TX (US);
John Joseph Salazar, Austin, TX (US);
Lonnie J. Cannon, Austin, TX (US);
John Saunders Corbin, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
David Lewis Gardell, Fairfax, VT (US);
Jose Arturo Garza, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Jeffrey Frank Kutner, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Kenneth Carl Larsen, Georgetown, TX (US);
Howard Victor Mahaney, Jr., Cedar Park, TX (US);
John Joseph Salazar, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A chip testing system with improved thermal performance. In a preferred embodiment, a nest assembly of a chip testing apparatus includes tooling balls and a fitted frame for improving alignment of a coldplate and a chip surface. In preferred embodiments, the coldplate is of unibody design. Thermal performance is also improved by balancing the forces exerted on the coldplate using an adjustable hose mounting bracket. The bracket allows the forces exerted by the hoses on the coldplate to be adjusted so they balance and cancel other unwanted forces on the cold plate.