Patent ID: 9609693
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F24H,G01R,H05B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a semiconductor device; providing a heating system configured to generate heat and bring heat to the semiconductor device, wherein the heating system includes a thermal contact area and a conductive heating unit, the conductive heating unit having a first heating resistor; placing the semiconductor device in thermal contact with the thermal contact area of the conduction heating unit as a semiconductor device under test; placing the semiconductor device under test into a convection heating chamber; operating the first heating resistor of the conduction heating unit to provide a part of the heat generated by the first heating resistor to the semiconductor device under test via a thermally conductive and electrically insulating connection between the first heating resistor and the thermal contact area; operating the convection heating chamber to provide a user-defined heat-controlled convection to the semiconductor device under test while the semiconductor device under test is in thermal contact with the conduction heating unit and the first heating resistor of the conduction heating unit is operated to provide the part of the heat generated by the first heating resistor to the semiconductor device under test via the thermally conductive and electrically insulating connection between the first heating resistor and the thermal contact; and operating the semiconductor device under test with electrical operating conditions to conduct a performance test while operating the first heating resistor of the conduction heating unit to provide the part of the heat.