Agilent Technologies, Inc.

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Stig Oresjo

Kenneth Paul Parker

Kenneth E Posse

Kris J Kanack

Anne Elizabeth Dudfield

Sunit Bhalla

Horst Mueller

Patricia Monterio

An improved circuit board inspection system incorporates a technique that confirms observed electrical connection defects. The improved circuit board inspection system applies a localized investigative routine upon portions of a printed circuit board having one or more identified defects. The technique accounts for the slope of a portion under test of the printed circuit board and provides results that are more accurate from inspection systems that report electrical connection defects.

System and method for confirming electrical connection defects

A system for efficient utilization of multiple test systems may include an apparatus for testing an electronic circuit board, which comprises a number of computer readable media containing computer readable program code comprising code for a test analysis system that interfaces with at least two test systems. The test analysis system reads a description of said board's board topology and analyzes a number of potential defects of said board based on that description. The test analysis system creates at least two test procedures for the at least two test systems by creating a first test procedure to test the electronic circuit board on a first test system of the at least two test systems. The system then creates at least one other test procedure to test the electronic circuit board on at least one other test system of the at least two test systems. The system then optimizes the at least one other test procedure based on at least one other of the at least two test procedures created for the at least two test systems to reduce redundancies in the at least two test procedures.

System for efficient utilization of multiple test systems

The invention is a method for assuring the integrity of a mission test. The method includes the steps of checking the integrity of the test after test execution but prior to test diagnosis. In particular, after the mission test has been executed, the integrity of the mission test is confirmed based on a comparison of the actual length of the scan path with an expected length of the scan path.

Post-mission test method for checking the integrity of a boundary scan test

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