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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Starchip, Meyreuil, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STARCHIP, Meyreuil, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/3177 (2006.01); G01R 31/3185 (2006.01); G01R 31/319 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/3177 (2013.01); G01R 31/31908 (2013.01); G01R 31/318511 (2013.01); G01R 31/3172 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tester for integrated circuits on a silicon wafer includes an input/output connection for testing an integrated circuit. The tester comprises circuitry arranged for transferring a first data frame to the integrated circuit via the input/output connection, the first data frame including a time reference for the data included in the data frame, a field for validating the time reference and a data field including at least one test command and for receiving a second data frame via the input/output connection, the data in the second data frame received having a duration that is a multiple of the time reference.