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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2019
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher-James Parker, Beaverton, OR (US);
Dirk Rudolph, Dundee, OR (US);
Mark James Garfield Hnatiuk, Sherwood, OR (US);
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses to test production tools and related electrical components therefor including individual printed-circuit boards (PCBs). In one example, a test-plug hardware-platform includes at least one input/output (I/O) connector, and a configurable control system to provide command and operational signals through the I/O connector and collect data through the I/O connector from at least one PCB under test. A wireless-mesh network within the test-plug hardware-platform can interface wirelessly with at least the PCB under test. The at least one PCB operating within a production tool or other piece of equipment. Other methods and systems are disclosed.