Patents by Inventor James C. Kufis

James C. Kufis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4870355
    Abstract: A device for individually testing semiconductor integrated circuits in wafer form at elevated and/or reduced temperatures include a fixture body for connection to a conventional probing device. The fixture body has an open-ended aperture to permit visual inspection of a circuit being tested, a plenum to receive pressurized gas at a selected temperature(s), and nozzles to direct the gas from the plenum into the aperture for ejection onto to the surface of the integrated circuit being tested to rapdily bring that circuit to the temperature of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Thermonics Incorporated
    Inventors: James C. Kufis, Robert S. Semken
  • Patent number: 4791364
    Abstract: A device for individually testing semiconductor integrated circuits in wafer form at elevated and/or reduced temperatures include a fixture body for connection to a conventional probing device. The fixture body has an open-ended aperture to permit visual inspection of a circuit being tested, a plenum to receive pressurized gas at a selected temperature(s), and nozzles to direct the gas from the plenum into the aperture for ejection onto the surface of the integrated circuit being tested to rapidly bring that circuit to the temperature of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Thermonics Incorporated
    Inventors: James C. Kufis, Robert S. Semken