Patent ID: 9618567
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01R,H01L

Claim:
1. A device for stressing an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit to be stressed comprises an electronic chip in semi-conductive material and a housing, said electronic chip being mounted inside said housing such that said housing prevents mechanical access to the electronic chip, the device comprising: a non-destructive control module for determining structural characteristics of the integrated circuit; a machine-tool for machining an aperture in the housing of the integrated circuit, said aperture being machined according to the structural characteristics determined by the non-destructive control module so as to allow mechanical access to a face of the electronic chip; a thermally conductive coupling member, designed to be thermally coupled to a source of thermal stress during the stressing operation; and the coupling member comprises an end whose geometry is suitable for being introduced into the aperture to be made in the housing of the integrated circuit, so as to thermally couple a coupling face of this end with said face of the electronic chip.