Pin electronics interface circuit
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Abstract
A pin electronics circuit for use in automatic test equipment may include a reconfigurable logic device in which different logic configurations may be installed to make measurements according to multiple tests to be applied to a device under test; a level generating circuit coupled to the reconfigurable logic device, and configured to generate a number of test levels and a number of reference levels; and a switching circuit, coupled to the reconfigurable logic device and the level generating circuit, configured to receive the test levels and the reference levels, and controlled by the reconfigurable logic device to selectively apply the test levels to the device under test according to a selected test and to sense levels inputted to or outputted from the device under test by comparing the reference levels generated by the level generating circuit to the levels inputted to our outputted from the device under test.
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22 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A pin electronics circuit-implemented method for use in automatic test equipment, the method comprising:
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generating a plurality of test signals and reference signals;
applying each generated test signal to a corresponding one of a plurality of switches;
driving the switches to select an applied test signal;
applying the selected test signal to a device under test; and
comparing one or more of the generated reference signals to the selected test signal or an output signal from the device under test. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A pin electronics circuit implemented-method for tse in automatic test equipment, the method comprising:
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generating a plurality of test levels and a plurality of reference levels with a level generating circuit coupled to a reconfigurable logic device;
receiving the plurality of test levels and the plurality of reference levels with a switching circuit;
controlling the switching circuit with the reconfigurable logic device to selectively apply the plurality of test levels to the device under test according to a plurality of tests; and
making measurements according to the plurality of tests with the reconfigurable logic device and level generating circuit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. The pin electronics circuit implemented method of 14, wherein a non-linear network is configured to be coupled between the buffer and the device under test.
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17. A method for configuring apin electronics circuit to implement a selected test from a plurality of tests, said method comprising:
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selecting a test from a plurality of tests to be applied to a device under test;
setting values for a plurality of test levels and a plurality of reference levels with a parametric measurement unit sequencer according to the selected test;
generating the test levels and reference levels at the set values with a level generating circuit; and
applying selectively the generated test levels to the device under test through a switching circuit controlled by a reconfigurable logic device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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