Patent ID: 7969175

Claim:
An apparatus for testing an integrated circuit of an electronic device, comprising: a test electronics frame; a power source; a power electrical path connecting the power source to power contacts on the electronic device; a signal source; a plurality of signal electrical paths, each connecting the signal source to a respective signal contact on the electronic device, the power source and the signal source being located in the test electronics frame and jointly forming part of a test electronics module; and a blower frame; a blower bearing mount secured to the blower frame; a blower mounted the blower frame and jointly being part of a blower module, the blower including a blower bearing held by the blower bearing mount, a blower input shaft held by the blower bearing and being rotatable relative to the blower bearing mount, and a fan mounted on the shaft to rotate together with the shaft, the test electronics frame and the blower frame forming an apparatus frame and being removably mounted to one another, the blower blowing air through at least part of the apparatus frame.