Automated test position monitoring and notification system
US6301517A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R31/2886
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automated monitoring and notification system for use with a testing arrangement is able to identify "potentially faulty test sockets". The system uses a set of pre-existing data contained in a manufacturing database regarding the number of device failures for each socket. A threshold number of consecutive device failures is used to flag a particular test socket as "suspect". Another database, containing historical "failure" data for the test sockets is then queried upon identification of each "suspect". When the number of "failures" for a "suspect" exceeds a predetermined threshold, the socket is identified as "potentially faulty" and an alarm is sent to the system user.
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