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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Hidenori Shirahama, Hyogo, JP;
Masaaki Mihara, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Hidenori Shirahama, Hyogo, JP;
Masaaki Mihara, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R031/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a pin contact test, a voltage across an external pin is measured by setting a voltage to be supplied to the power supply nodes in input protection circuits in their respective chips at a prescribed amount by means of voltage control circuits and by supplying a prescribed constant current to external pin. Based on the measurement results, a pin contact failure in chips can be detected.