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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lavakumar Ranganathan, San Diego, CA (US);

Martin Villafana, Bonita, CA (US);

Lesly Zaren Venturina Endrinal, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/308 (2006.01); G01R 31/311 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/311 (2013.01); G01R 31/2834 (2013.01); G01R 31/2837 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for mapping an electronic device. The electronic device is loaded into a test fixture, which may be an automated test equipment (ATE). A laser beam is stepped across locations of interest. At each location of interest a minimum voltage and/or maximum frequency are computed. A contour map of the changes in minimum voltage and maximum frequency across a field of view of the electronic device is generated. Additional embodiments provide signaling a laser scan module during the rising edge of a synchronization pulse to indicate that minimum voltage (Vmin) and maximum frequency (Fmax) specification search data is provided to a laser voltage probe. A Vmin/Fmax module compares the specification search data with the data read from the laser voltage probe and computes a parameter shift value. The laser beam is moved to another location when the falling edge of the synchronization pulse occurs.


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