Method and Apparatus for Displaying Pin Result Data

• US 20080270848A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verigy Limited (Advantest Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Verigy Limited (Advantest Corporation)
• Inventors: Connally, Carli, Petersen, Kristin
• Application Number:
  US11/740,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/46
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/31912 Tester/user interface

Abstract

In one embodiment, a plurality of test data entries are successively displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI), with each of the test data entries including at least a test result identifier and a corresponding test result. At least one user-selectable mechanism is provided via the GUI. When one of the user-selectable mechanisms is selected, hidden pin result data related to at least one of the test data entries is caused to be displayed via the GUI. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

successively displaying a plurality of test data entries via a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein each of the test data entries includes at least a test result identifier and a corresponding test result; and

providing, via the GUI, at least one user-selectable mechanism that, when selected, causes hidden pin result data related to at least one of the test data entries to be displayed via the GUI.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, providing at least one of the user-selectable mechanisms as a button that enables hidden pin result data to be displayed for all of the test data entries.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, providing, via the GUI, at least one user-selectable mechanism that, when selected, causes displayed pin result data to be hidden for at least one of the test data entries.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising, providing at least one of the user-selectable mechanisms as a button that enables displayed pin result data to be hidden for all test data entries.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one user-selectable mechanism comprises a plurality of user-selectable mechanisms that, when individually selected, cause hidden pin result data to be displayed for different ones of the test data entries.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising, only associating one of the plurality of user-selectable mechanisms with a particular one of the test data entries when hidden pin result data is available for the particular one of the test data entries.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of test data entries in a table, wherein different lines of the table correspond to different ones of the test data entries; and

upon selection of one of the user-selectable mechanisms, inserting a plurality of new lines in the table, and displaying pin result data for different pins in different ones of the new lines.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

only associating ones of the user-selectable mechanisms with particular ones of the test data entries for which hidden pin result data is available; and

providing the ones of the user-selectable mechanisms that are associated with the particular ones of the ones of the test data entries as buttons that are associated with ones of the lines of the table.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising, displaying in a line of the table corresponding to a test data entry that is associated with hidden pin result data, an empty result field.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising, displaying in a line of the table corresponding to a test data entry that is associated with hidden pin result data, a result field displaying a pass/fail indication corresponding to a first of a number of pins represented by the hidden pin result data.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising, displaying in a line of the table corresponding to a test data entry that is associated with hidden pin result data, a result field displaying a global pass/fail indication for the hidden pin result data.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising, displaying in a line of the table corresponding to a test data entry that is associated with hidden pin result data, a result field displaying a numerical test result corresponding to a first pin to fail, if any.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising, displaying in a line of the table corresponding to a test data entry that is associated with hidden pin result data, a result field displaying a numerical test result that is a combination of all numerical test results for all pins represented by the hidden pin result data.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising, beginning the successive display of the plurality of test data entries during execution of a plurality of tests on which the test data entries are based.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

successively displaying a plurality of test data entries via a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein each of the test data entries includes at least a test result identifier and a corresponding test result; and

providing, via the GUI, at least one user-selectable mechanism that, when selected, causes displayed pin result data related to at least one of the test data entries to be hidden.

16. Apparatus, comprising:

computer-readable media;

computer-readable code, stored on the computer-readable media, including,

code to cause a computer to successively display a plurality of test data entries via a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein each of the test data entries includes at least a test result identifier and a corresponding test result; and

code to provide, via the GUI, at least one user-selectable mechanism that, when selected, causes hidden pin result data related to at least one of the test data entries to be displayed via the GUI.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

code to cause the computer to display the plurality of test data entries in a table, wherein different lines of the table correspond to different ones of the test data entries; and

code to cause the computer to, upon selection of one of the user-selectable mechanisms, i) insert a plurality of new lines in the table, and ii) display pin result data for different pins in different ones of the new lines.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

code to only associate ones of the user-selectable mechanisms with particular ones of the test data entries for which hidden pin result data is available; and

code to provide the ones of the user-selectable mechanisms that are associated with the particular ones of the ones of the test data entries as buttons that are associated with ones of the lines of the table.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one of the user-selectable mechanisms is operable via a single graphical pointer click.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the test result identifiers comprise test numbers.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the test result identifiers comprise test names.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the test data entries pertain to tests of a system-on-a-chip (SOC) device.