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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Satoru Kamano, Katano, JP;
Tomohiko Kanemitsu, Toyonaka, JP;
Satoru Kamano, Katano, JP;
Tomohiko Kanemitsu, Toyonaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An ancillary equipment is provided for testing a semiconductor integrated circuit, by which a plurality of BOST boards serving as measuring units can be set near a device to be measured and tests can be conducted with high accuracy on a number of circuits embedded on a semiconductor integrated circuit such as a system LSI. To achieve an object of performing a go/no go test or a functional/performance characterization in the manufacturing process of the semiconductor integrated circuit, the ancillary equipment includes: a device measuring unit having a measuring section for exchanging a signal with a device or a semiconductor integrated circuit, and an analyzing section for analyzing information from the measuring section using a programmable device; and a control/communication card constituted of a board different from that of the device measuring unit and connected to the device measuring unit to control it, and being capable of performing communication with a general-purpose computer.