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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
William Devey, Beaverton, OR (US);
William DeVey, Beaverton, OR (US);
Credence Systems Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) tester includes a set of power modules mounted in a test head, each contacting a device interface board (DIB). The DIB provides power paths for delivering an output current generate by each power module to a power input terminals of one or more IC devices under test (DUTs). Power modules that supply current to the same set of DUTs communicate with one another though conductive paths provided by the DIB to ensure that all power modules begin supplying load current to that set of DUTs at the same time and to ensure that all power modules supply substantially the same amount of load current to those DUTs.