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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ralf Haefner, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Claus Ploetz, Wildberg, DE;
Assignee:
Advantest Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/36 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 1/02 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/36 (2013.01); G01K 7/00 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G01R 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system including an automated test equipment (ATE) and an interface board. The interface board includes a temperature monitor that compares a sensor temperature to a predetermined temperature. The associated temperature sensor may be located near one or more selected components on the device under test or the interface board. If the sensor temperature exceeds the predetermined temperature the temperature monitor turns off one or more power supplies of the ATE.