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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:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan S Krech, Jr., Fort Collins, CO (US);
John M Freeseman, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ; G06F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/128 ; G06F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for coordinating program execution in a site controller with pattern execution in a tester executes the pattern in the tester and a pattern interruption instruction. The pattern interruption instruction causes the tester to write to a service request register in the site controller specifying a value that specifies a requested subroutine and a data source. The site controller initiates execution of the requested subroutine in the site controller using the specified data source.