Method for measuring thermal differences in infrared emissions from micro devices
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1. A method of measuring thermal differences in electromagnetic radiation emission from a micro device, comprising the steps of:
- placing said micro device within a field of view of an optical lens system;
providing an array detector having a plurality of detector elements;
arranging said optical lens system to focus said electromagnetic radiation emission on said array detector;
filtering said electromagnetic radiation focused on said array detector to substantially eliminate segments of said electromagnetic radiation emission with wavelengths greater than 5 micrometers; and
measuring signals produced by each of said detector elements, said signals respectively corresponding to a portion of said electromagnetic radiation emission focused on each of said detector elements.
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A method for measuring thermal differences in infrared emissions from semiconductors, the method utilizing an image sensor including an array detector having a plurality of detector elements which produce signals corresponding to semiconductor radiation emission focused thereupon by an optical lens system. At least one bandpass filter is utilized to substantially filter that portion of the semiconductor radiation emission having wavelengths greater than 5 micrometers. The detector element signals are processed to identify performance degrading phenomena occurring in the semiconductor device.
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1. A method of measuring thermal differences in electromagnetic radiation emission from a micro device, comprising the steps of:
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placing said micro device within a field of view of an optical lens system; providing an array detector having a plurality of detector elements; arranging said optical lens system to focus said electromagnetic radiation emission on said array detector; filtering said electromagnetic radiation focused on said array detector to substantially eliminate segments of said electromagnetic radiation emission with wavelengths greater than 5 micrometers; and measuring signals produced by each of said detector elements, said signals respectively corresponding to a portion of said electromagnetic radiation emission focused on each of said detector elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of measuring thermal differences in electromagnetic radiation emission from a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of:
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placing said semiconductor device within a field of view of an optical lens system; providing an indium antimonide array detector having a plurality of detector elements; arranging said optical lens system to focus said electromagnetic radiation emission on said indium antimonide array detector; and filtering said electromagnetic radiation focused on said indium antimonide array detector to substantially eliminate segments of said electromagnetic radiation emission focused on said indium antimonide array detector with wavelengths greater than 5 micrometers; modulating said electromagnetic radiation emission to periodically interrupt said electromagnetic radiation emission focused on said indium antimonide array detector; and measuring signals produced by each of said detector elements, said signals respectively corresponding to a portion of said electromagnetic radiation emission focused on each of said detector elements. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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