US 11,754,620 B2
DUT placement and handling for active thermal interposer device
Samer Kabbani, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Paul Ferrari, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Ikeda Hiroki, Kukishi Saitama (JP); Kiyokawa Toshiyuki, Kukishi Saitama (JP); Gregory Cruzan, Anaheim, CA (US); Karthik Ranganathan, Foothill Ranch, CA (US); Todd Berk, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Ian Williams, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Mohammad Ghazvini, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); and Tom Jones, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Advantest Test Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Advantest Test Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,403.
Application 17/744,403 is a division of application No. 17/531,649, filed on Nov. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,567,119.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,532, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268831 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/2875 (2013.01) [G01R 1/0458 (2013.01); G01R 31/2863 (2013.01); G01R 31/2867 (2013.01); G01R 31/2874 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of placing a system-in-package device under test (DUT) in a socket using an automated handler system, said method comprising:
using a handler, automatically picking up said DUT from a tray and automatically placing said DUT into a socket, wherein said DUT is secured within said socket via first retention features disposed within said socket; and
using said handler, automatically picking up an active thermal interposer device and automatically placing said active thermal interposer device on top of said DUT within said socket, wherein said active thermal interposer device is secured within said socket via second retention features disposed within said socket and wherein further if said active thermal interposer device is placed within said socket by said handler and said DUT is not within said socket, then said first and second retention features are operable to prevent said active thermal interposer device from contacting pins of said socket.