Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Daven Walt Septon

Reid F Hayhow

Robert Stanley Kolman

Kristin Noel Casterton

An SOC tester having test cards with memory cards is presented. The SOC tester may automatically swap memory cards between a memory card rack and a test head between tests on devices under test. Test programs and data on the memory cards may be down loaded onto memory cards in the memory test rack during testing or down times.

Automated loader for removing and inserting removable devices to improve load time for automated test equipment

An SOC tester having test cards with memory cards is presented. The SOC tester may be running a test on a device under test using test programs stored on one set of memory cards. Test programs may be down loaded to a second set of memory cards during testing using test programs from the first set of memory cards or during off times.

Method and apparatus for improving load time for automated test equipment

A dynamic waveform manager and an application policy are provided to an electronic device that executes an application requiring the use of waveforms accessed from a waveform table characterized by a limited number of entries. The application policy contains waveform sequencing information specific to the application. The application may utilize any number of waveforms that are typically stored in a memory separate from the waveform table. The dynamic waveform manager monitors the execution of the application, and manages loading and unloading of waveforms required by the application into and out of the waveform table such that each waveform required by the application is loaded in the waveform prior to and at least by the time it is needed by the application. The dynamic waveform manager accesses the application policy to reference the waveform sequencing information specific to the application for use in determining when and which waveforms to load and unload to and from the waveform table.

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Loveland, CO, United States of America

Daven Walt Septon