Patent ID: 6822465
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F28F,G01R

Abstract:
A method of sequentially regulating the temperature of multiple integrated circuit modules while said modules are being tested, where each module has a respective uneven contact surface that differs in unevenness from module to module, said method including the steps of:providing a heat exchanger which has a face that consists essentially of a malleable metal with a coating of a release agent that prevents sticking to each uneven contact surfaces; squeezing said face of said beat exchanger against the uneven contact surface of a selected one of said modules, while said malleable metal is in a solid state, with a force that causes said malleable metal to deform and conform to said uneven contact surface; testing said one module during said squeezing step and while said malleable metal remains in said solid state; separating said face of said heat exchanger from said uneven contact surface of said one module after said testing step; and, repeating said squeezing, testing, and separating steps on each of said modules.