Electricity: measuring and testing – Testing potential in specific environment – Voltage probe
Patent
1988-08-29
1990-05-01
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Testing potential in specific environment
Voltage probe
324140R, 324158F, 324158R, G01R 1900, G01R 19165
Patent
active
049221841
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for simultaneously testing multiple integrated circuits includes a sensing circuit associated with each of the tested circuits. Each sensing circuit includes a differential amplifier with its positive input connected to the input of the test circuit, and its inversion input connected to the test circuit output. The test circuit input and positive amplifier input are biased to a selected voltage, and the voltage drop across the test circuit is provided to the amplifier inversion input. Whenever the test circuit is open, intermittently open or highly resistive, the voltage drop across the test circuit exceeds the threshold voltage of the differential amplifier, causing the amplifier to generate a high level logic output representing an open circuit condition. The outputs of the various sensing circuits together form a digital word representative of the condition of all of the test circuits. The outputs of the differential amplifiers also are provided to independent triggering circuitry for enabling the storage of sensing circuit outputs upon an open condition indicated for at least one of the test circuits. The outputs of the sampling circuits are sampled in parallel at 100 nanosecond or longer selected intervals, so that extremely brief intermittent opens are detected.
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Gulbranson Glenn J.
Rosenstein Leo M.
Angus Robert M.
Burns W.
Control Data Corporation
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
Heller III Edward P.
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