Patent ID: 11927621
Assignee: HIGH PRECISION DEVICES, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus comprises one or more thermal buffer zones;
wherein each of the one or more thermal buffer zones is defined by a thermal buffer casing;
wherein each of the one or more thermal buffer casings comprises thermal shielding material;
wherein one or more cooling elements are present in contact with or within each of the one or more thermal buffer casings;
wherein each of the one or more thermal buffer casings encloses the test zone casing;
wherein each of the one or more thermal buffer casings comprises a slot covered by a door that can be actuated to open and close the slot, wherein such slot is aligned with the coplanar aligned slots of the outer housing and test zone casing and magnetic shield casing, if present;
wherein each of the one or more thermal buffer casings comprises a bottom opening through which the column traverses;
wherein, for each of the one or more thermal buffer casings, the column is circumscribed by a thermal buffer floating shield disposed below a bottom surface of its associated thermal buffer casing;
wherein each thermal buffer floating shield comprises a thermal shielding material;, wherein each thermal buffer floating shield has an upper, horizontal surface that is wider than the bottom opening of its associated thermal buffer casing, such that the column may be actuated horizontally while maintaining coverage of the bottom opening by the thermal buffer floating shield.