Polymorphic automatic test systems and methods
US8296612B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2010 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R31/2834
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An Analog/mixed signal automatic test system includes a software architecture that creates a virtual composite instruments through novel software dynamic allocation of low level resources. These virtual composite instruments provide backwards and forwards compatibility to a variety of automatic test equipment, known or available on the market. The virtual composite instruments are free from the normal constraints imposed by hardware implementations. Creation of the virtual composite instruments allows a single piece of automatic test equipment system to emulate many implementations of automatic test equipment, providing higher utilization, and therefore a lower cost test solution for device manufacturers. The test instruments are preferably object controls and are preferably instantiated and controlled by the test system server. This allows multiple users to control the tester simultaneously across, for example, the Internet.
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