IP Library Granted Patent US 10,753,971
Granted Patent B2
US 10,753,971 · App. 15/944,280 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Heat exchanger and electronic device handling apparatus including the same

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Patent No.
US 10,753,971
App. No.
15/944,280
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger which exchanges heat with a DUT while contacting the DUT includes: a heat exchange block which thermally contacts the DUT; a first heat transfer sheet which overlaps a front end surface of the heat exchange block; a second heat transfer sheet which overlaps the front end surface of the heat exchange block through the first heat transfer sheet; and a first holding member which holds the second heat transfer sheet.

Claims (16)

1. A heat exchanger which exchanges heat with a Device Under Test (DUT) while contacting the DUT, comprising:

a heat exchange block which thermally contacts the DUT;

a first heat transfer sheet which overlaps a front end surface of the heat exchange block;

a second heat transfer sheet which overlaps the front end surface of the heat exchange block through the first heat transfer sheet; and

a suction holding mechanism which sucks and holds the second heat transfer sheet, wherein the suction holding mechanism includes:

a flow passage communicating with a space formed between the heat exchange block and the second heat transfer sheet; and

a pressure reduction device connected to the flow passage and depressurizing the space through the flow passage.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat transfer sheet includes:

fibrous heat transfer members which are oriented in a thickness direction of the first heat transfer sheet; and

an elastomer or rubber which holds the heat transfer members.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat transfer sheet is a metal foil formed of copper, aluminum, or an alloy thereof.

4. An electronic device handling apparatus comprising:

a transfer arm which holds a DUT and presses the DUT against a socket;

the heat exchanger according to claim 1 ; and

a temperature adjustment device which heats and/or cools the heat exchange block of the heat exchanger, wherein

the heat exchange block is provided in the transfer arm.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 18, 2018
From: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
To: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047987/0626 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: SAITO, NOBORU
To: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046428/0287 →