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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2001
Sundar S. Chetlur, Singapore, SG;
Pradip K. Roy, Orlando, FL (US);
Johathan Z. Zhou, Orlando, FL (US);
Agere Systems, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
An automated system for, and method of estimating ring oscillator reliability and testing AC response of a device under test (DUT). In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a DUT board that accepts, and allows electrical communication with, a plurality of DUTs, (2) a power source, couplable to the DUT board, that provides AC power of controllable characteristics to the plurality of DUTs and (3) an automated switching matrix, couplable between the DUT board and a circuit analyzer, that allows the circuit analyzer to analyze ring oscillators and predetermined portions of the plurality of DUTs at predetermined times as the power source provides the power thereto.