Apparatus for continuously applying preliminary voltage in continuously measuring apparatus for semiconductor devices

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PREHEATING SEMICONDUCTORS FOR TEST PURPOSES COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED SLIDES GUIDES, EACH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF RAIL SECTIONS; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING ELECTRICAL POWER TO EACH SLIDE GUIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR SOCKET MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TERMINALS; CONTACT MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SOCKET MEANS AND THE RAIL SECTIONS OF THE SLIDE GUIDES AND SLIDABLE ALONG THE RAIL SECTIONS FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE SEMICONDUCTOR TERMINALS; THE CONTACT MEANS HAVING LONGITUDINAL DIMENSIONS IN CONTACT WITH THE RAIL SECTIONS AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE DIMENSIONS OF THE SPACING BETWEEN SLIDE GUIDES; AND THE SPACING OF ADJACENT SOCKET MEANS BEING GREATER THAN THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF A RAIL SECTION WHEREBY CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF THE SOCKET MEMBERS ALONG THE SLIDE TRACK CONTINUOUSLY APPLIES VOLTAGES TO THE SEMICONDUCTORS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.