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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2010
Luke D. Lacroix, Williston, VT (US);
Janak G. Patel, South Burlington, VT (US);
Peter Slota, Jr., Vestal, NY (US);
David B. Stone, Jericho, VT (US);
Luke D. LaCroix, Williston, VT (US);
Janak G. Patel, South Burlington, VT (US);
Peter Slota, Jr., Vestal, NY (US);
David B. Stone, Jericho, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor test device including a plurality of conductive layers, each of the layers comprising integrated circuit devices, a plurality of insulating layers between the conductive layers, a plurality of heat generating structures positioned between the insulating layers and the conductive layers, each of the heat generating structures being sized and positioned to only heat a predetermined limited area of the plurality of layers, a plurality of thermal monitors positioned within each of the plurality of layers, a control unit operatively connected to the heat generating structures and the thermal monitors, the control unit individually cycling the heat generating structures on and off for multiple heat cycles, such that different areas of the layers are treated to different heat cycles.