Adv Antest Corporation

Shusuke Kantake

Masakatsu Suda

Hidenobu Matsumura

Provided is a receiving method and a receiving apparatus comprising a multi-strobe generating section that generates a multi-strobe including a plurality of strobes having different phases with respect to a reception signal; an acquiring section that acquires the reception signal using each of the strobes; a detecting section that detects a change position at which a value of the reception signal changes, based on the acquisition result of the acquiring section; and a selecting section that selects, as a reception data value, the value of the reception signal acquired using a strobe at a position shifted by a predetermined phase from the change position. The receiving apparatus may further comprise a reference clock generating section that generates a reference clock having a preset period, and the multi-strobe generating section generates the multi-strobe for each pulse of the reference clock.

Receiving apparatus, test apparatus, receiving method, and test method

A semiconductor test apparatus to test a semiconductor circuit includes a pattern generator which generates a test pattern for testing the semiconductor circuit, a waveform shaper which shapes a test signal to be supplied to the semiconductor circuit based on the test pattern, a pulse width adjusting circuit which generates a timing signal for determining a phase of the test signal by adjusting a pulse width of an input pulse signal and outputs the timing signal to the waveform shaper, and a judging section which judges whether the semiconductor circuit is good or bad based on an output signal output from the semiconductor circuit. The pulse width adjusting circuit includes a first delay circuit which outputs a first delay signal generated by delaying the pulse signal by a certain delay time, a second delay circuit which outputs a second delay signal generated by delaying the pulse signal by a different delay time from the first delay circuit, and an output section which, in accordance with the first and second delay signals, generates and outputs the timing signal having a pulse width corresponding to a difference between the delay times respectively achieved by the first and second delay circuits.

Pulse width adjustment circuit, pulse width adjustment method, and test apparatus for semiconductor device

A testing apparatus includes a logic comparing unit for comparing the output value with a predetermined expectation value; a pass/fail determining module for determining pass/fail of the device under test based on the comparison result of the logic comparing unit; and a clock generating circuit including a first phase comparing unit for comparing phase of the output data of the device under test with that of the reproduced clock and outputting a first comparison result signal; a second phase comparing unit for comparing phase of the reference clock with that of the reproduced clock and outputting a second comparison result signal; and a reproduced clock generating module for generating the reproduced clock based on the first and second comparison result signals.

Testing apparatus and testing method

A delay circuit for delaying an input signal according to a desired delay time setting and outputting the same is provided. The delay circuit includes: a delay element for delaying the input signal for a delay time based on a given supply current and outputting the same; a current supply section for generating a supply current; a voltage generating section for generating a base voltage dependent on a delay time setting; and a control section for converting a base voltage to a control voltage dependent on the characteristic of the current supply section and providing the same to the current supply section in order to cause the current supply section to generate the supply current. The current supply section may have a predetermined conductivity and include a first MOS transistor for applying a drain current to the delay element as the supply current. The control section may generate a first control voltage to operate a first MOS transistor in a saturation region and provide the same to a gate terminal of the first MOS transistor.

Delay circuit, and testing apparatus

There is provided a pulse width adjusting circuit for generating an output signal by adjusting a pulse width of an input pulse signal and outputting the output signal. The pulse width adjusting circuit includes a first delay circuit to output a first delay signal generated by delaying the pulse signal by a certain delay time, a second delay circuit to output a second delay signal generated by delaying the pulse signal by a different delay time from the first delay circuit, and an output section to generate and output the output signal in accordance with the first and second delay signals. Here, the output signal has a pulse width corresponding to a difference between the delay times respectively achieved by the first and second delay circuits.

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Shusuke Kantake