MicReD has developed a new thermal transient testing system, partially based on a successful design for thermal transient testing developed at the Technical University of Budapest in the late nineties.
T3Ster – previously also referred to as MiTTT (multi-channel intelligent thermal transient tester) – is an intelligent thermal transient testing system consisting of hardware and software elements, measurement know-how and other components. The main hardware element of this system is the appliance named T3Ster, an abbreviation for the Thermal Transient Tester.
T3Ster provides an excellent price/performance ratio. Due to its modular architecture this tester is scalable to the actual measurement task. With the unique thermal transient evaluation technology of MicReD's THERMODEL program T3Ster is the best value on the market.
Figure 1-1: The thermal transient tester Main System Unit with 8 measurement channels
T3Ster is a unique equipment for performing thermal measurements on semiconductor devices like ICs, transistors, diodes etc. T3Ster is most suitable for analysing their thermal behaviour, evaluating packages and device mounting, and detecting defects.
T3Ster is a computer controlled equipment that can be used along with a PC hosting a special control and evaluation software, see Figure 1-2. This software is capable of applying programmed thermal excitations, and recording complex thermal responses.
Post processing of measured data is done by a dedicated built-in procedure, which results in highly detailed map of the measured heat conduction path. Post processing results include the pulse thermal resistance diagram, time-constant spectrum, complex locus of the thermal impedance, differential and integral structure or profile function.
This manual describes the Win32 version1 of the above program, the T3Ster Measurement Control & Evaluation Tool, also referred to as T3Ster software.
Figure 1-2: T3Ster and its measurement control & evaluation software running on a PC
The THERMODEL program - as an add-on option - can be used in order to generate compact dynamic thermal models from the measured transient responses. For details on using THERMODELrefer to the THERMODEL Users' Manual. Another add-on software tool is called T3Ster-Master, aimed at sophisticated manipulation of many T3Ster measurement results as well as imported thermal transient curves. For details on T3Ster-Master please refer to its users' manual.
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1This manual describes version 1.1 of the T3Ster software as of April 2003.
