WO2008008952A2 - High-speed signal testing system having oscilloscope functionality - Google Patents

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WO2008008952A2
WO2008008952A2 PCT/US2007/073458 US2007073458W WO2008008952A2 WO 2008008952 A2 WO2008008952 A2 WO 2008008952A2 US 2007073458 W US2007073458 W US 2007073458W WO 2008008952 A2 WO2008008952 A2 WO 2008008952A2
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Mohamed M. Hafed
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/28—Testing of electronic circuits, e.g. by signal tracer
    • G01R31/317—Testing of digital circuits
    • G01R31/3181—Functional testing
    • G01R31/319—Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits
    • G01R31/3193—Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits with comparison between actual response and known fault free response
    • G01R31/31932—Comparators
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
    • G01R31/28—Testing of electronic circuits, e.g. by signal tracer
    • G01R31/317—Testing of digital circuits
    • G01R31/3181—Functional testing
    • G01R31/319—Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits
    • G01R31/3193—Tester hardware, i.e. output processing circuits with comparison between actual response and known fault free response
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R13/00—Arrangements for displaying electric variables or waveforms
    • G01R13/02—Arrangements for displaying electric variables or waveforms for displaying measured electric variables in digital form

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  • Another aspect of the present invention is a system for testing a high-speed repeating data signal, comprising: oscilloscope circuitry that includes: a time-base generator responsive to a reference clock signal so as to generate a high-speed repeating signal; a one-bit voltage digitizer for digitizing the high-speed repeating data signal into a digitized signal as a function of the high-speed repeating signal; a reference pattern memory for storing a reference bit pattern having a length B; a selector for selecting between the reference bit pattern and a constant bit value so as to output a selected digital value; a digital comparator for comparing the digitized signal to the selected digital value and outputting comparator results as a function of the high-speed repeating signal; a bit-shift and frequency-divider block responsive to the high-speed repeating signal so as to produce a slowed clock signal, the bit shift and frequency divider block divides the high-speed repeating signal by B; a sub-sampler for sub-sampling the comparator results as

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CA002657154A CA2657154A1 (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-13 High-speed signal testing system having oscilloscope functionality
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