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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:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Jamie S. Cullen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kris Sakaitani, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jamie S. Cullen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kris Sakaitani, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Credence Systems Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for testing an integrated circuit includes a sequence control logic unit having an output channel connectable to an input pin of a device under test, a first memory to store a first instruction set comprising instructions executable by the sequence control logic unit, and a second memory to store a second instruction set comprising instructions executable by the sequence control logic unit, wherein at least one of the first memory and the second memory comprises a memory accessible in a non-sequential fashion.