Patent ID: 8376209

Claim:
A test system comprising a combination of: a test piece, including: a circuit board with an obverse and a reverse side, wherein the circuit board includes electrical connection pads and a mounting pad on the obverse side; a thermally-enhanced integrated circuit, wherein the thermally-enhanced integrated circuit includes at least one point electrically interconnected to at least one of the electrical connection pads of the circuit board; and a heat sink, wherein the heat sink is conductively connected to the thermally-enhanced integrated circuit and to the mounting pad of the circuit board, such that the heat sink is disposed between the thermally-enhanced integrated circuit and the circuit board; a manufacturing line configured to assemble and move the test piece; and a test area, wherein the manufacturing line is configured to move the test piece into the test area, the test area comprising: a power harness configured to at least one of electrically connect to the circuit board and provide a source of heat for transfer to the thermally-enhanced integrated circuit; and a thermal imaging camera with a field of view facing the reverse side of the circuit board of the test piece, and wherein the thermal imaging camera is disposed to produce a thermal image of the connection between the heat sink and the mounting pad, wherein the circuit board is between the thermal imaging camera and the heat sink.