Oven for the burn-in of integrated circuits

Abstract

Over for the burn-in of integrated circuits (12), comprising: a chamber (B) for receiving such circuits (12); first means (4), for heating such integrated circuits (12) in the chamber (B) with the circuits (12) fed with supply voltages; and control means for controlling the first means (4), including a computer (15) for monitoring power consumed by the circuits (12), the computer (15) being capable of storing information concerning the number of said circuits (12) and being adapted to provide from said power, a signal dependent on the mean power dissipation of the circuits (12): and in which oven the control means controls the heating of the circuits (12) in dependence on said signal. Also disclosed is an oven for the burn-in of integrated circuits (12), the oven comprising: a plurality of separate chambers (B) for receiving such circuits (12) to be burned-in with the circuits (12) fed with supply voltages; first means (4) for heating separately each of the chambers; and second means (6) for cooling separately each of the chambers with its circuits (12) therein, after they have been burned-in and with the circuits (12) still being fed supply voltages.

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