DE69634824D1 - Integrierte schaltungstestanordnung mit paralleler ansteuerung - Google Patents

Integrierte schaltungstestanordnung mit paralleler ansteuerung

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DE69634824D1
DE69634824D1 DE69634824T DE69634824T DE69634824D1 DE 69634824 D1 DE69634824 D1 DE 69634824D1 DE 69634824 T DE69634824 T DE 69634824T DE 69634824 T DE69634824 T DE 69634824T DE 69634824 D1 DE69634824 D1 DE 69634824D1
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Credence Systems Corp
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    • G01R31/317Testing of digital circuits
    • G01R31/3181Functional testing
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    • G01R31/28Testing of electronic circuits, e.g. by signal tracer
    • G01R31/317Testing of digital circuits
    • G01R31/3181Functional testing
    • G01R31/319Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits
    • G01R31/31917Stimuli generation or application of test patterns to the device under test [DUT]
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    • G06F1/02Digital function generators
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DE69634824T 1995-09-25 1996-09-10 Integrierte schaltungstestanordnung mit paralleler ansteuerung Expired - Fee Related DE69634824T2 (de)

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US08/534,015 US5748642A (en) 1995-09-25 1995-09-25 Parallel processing integrated circuit tester
US534015 1995-09-25
PCT/US1996/014728 WO1997012254A1 (en) 1995-09-25 1996-09-10 Parallel processing integrated circuit tester

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EP (1) EP0852730B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH11511565A (de)
KR (1) KR100453488B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69634824T2 (de)
WO (1) WO1997012254A1 (de)

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