Apparatus and method for operating automated test equipment (ATE)
US7363188B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/50
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method of operating automated test equipment (ATE) in a networked environment of multiple external test controllers. The system resources responsible for coordinating the shared uses of the ATE by the multiple external test controllers are centralized within the ATE. As a result, programming of the respective test controllers is simplified since the test controllers no longer need be responsible for communicating among themselves to coordinate or otherwise determine how and when access to the ATE is granted to any particular test controller.
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