Patent ID: 7642802

Claim:
An adapter frame for integrating a test instrument module within a test head of an automatic semiconductor device test system, the test head having a plurality of slots, each slot adapted to receive an instrument, the adapter frame comprising: a first mechanical interface configured to receive a test instrument module; a separable second mechanical interface configured to mount the adapter frame within the test head in a slot of the plurality of slots; a separable first electrical interface separably couplable to an electrical module interface in the test head and configured to transfer data signals between the test head and the adapter frame; a second electrical interface couplable to an electrical interface of the test instrument module and configured to transfer data signals between the adapter frame and the test instrument module; a third electrical interface couplable to an electrical interface of the test instrument module and configured to transfer test signals between the test instrument module and the adapter frame; a separable fourth electrical interface separably couplable to a signal delivery interface of the test head and configured to transfer test signals between the adapter frame and the signal delivery interface; a separable first liquid coolant interface separably couplable to a liquid cooling system of the test head and configured to transfer a liquid coolant between the test head and the adapter frame; a second liquid coolant interface couplable to a liquid cooling system of the test instrument module and configured to transfer the liquid coolant between the adapter and the test instrument module; a third liquid coolant interface couplable to the liquid cooling system of the test instrument module and configured to transfer the liquid coolant between the test instrument module and the adapter frame; and a separable fourth liquid coolant interface separably couplable to the liquid cooling system of the test head and configured to transfer the liquid coolant between the adapter frame and the test head.