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US 2006/0186912 A1Published application
Apparatus and methods for self-heating burn-in processes
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJeffrey Norris
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Abstract
A method includes installing a device under test (DUT) into each of a plurality of burn-in boards. The method further includes docking each of the burn-in boards to a respective docking location, each of the burn-in boards with a single respective DUT installed therein. The method further includes subjecting the DUTs to a self-heating burn-in procedure while the burn-in boards are docked to the docking locations. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims16
1-52. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- applying a burn-in procedure to a device under test (DUT) at a burn-in station;
- and
- during the burn-in procedure, controlling a source of power for the DUT in response to a signal output from the DUT.
A method comprising:
- providing a robotic arm;
- and
- using the robotic arm to perform all three of the following:
- transporting devices under test (DUTs) between a DUT installation station and at least one tray holder;
- transporting burn-in boards between the DUT installation station and at least one docking location;
- and
- transporting trays between tray holders.
4 more elements
A robot end effector comprising:
- a wrist portion adapted to connect the end effector to a robotic arm;
- a first set of fingers coupled to the wrist portion and adapted to engage a burn-in board;
- a second set of finger coupled to the wrist portion and adapted to engage a tray;
- and
- a vacuum head coupled to the wrist portion and adapted to engage a device under test (DUT).
2 more elements
A robot end effector comprising:
- a wrist portion adapted to connect the end effector to a robotic arm;
- a shaft mounted on the wrist portion;
- and
- two linear arrays of vacuum heads mounted on the shaft, each vacuum head adapted to engage a respective device under test (DUT).
1 more element
67-81. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.