Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Testing system – Including program set up
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-04
2006-04-04
Hoff, Marc S. (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Testing system
Including program set up
C711S170000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07024330
ABSTRACT:
In automatic test equipment (ATE), the current state of all configurable hardware components is maintained in one or more status registers. A configuration interface operates between the ATE test program and the hardware components. The test program issues instructions for configuring the hardware components to the configuration interface, which considers the current configuration status of each hardware component stored in the status registers. When a hardware component is instructed to assume a specific configuration for a given task, the configuration interface compares the target configuration with the current configuration status and forwards the instruction only if they are different, i.e., if the current hardware configuration must be updated. The associated wait times for instructions issued where the target configuration matches the current configuration status are avoided, decreasing setup time.
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Charioui Mohamed
Hoff Marc S.
Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
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