Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-15
2008-01-15
Hollington, Jermele (Department: 2829)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
Reexamination Certificate
active
10653045
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a novel method and computer program product which utilizes an interface capacitor formed by the metal of the probe tip, a dielectric layer, such as an oxide, formed by a contaminant on a solder bump and the metal of the solder bump. The interface capacitor forms a capacitive divider with the inherent capacitances of the automatic test equipment and the device under test (DUT). The voltage characteristics of the capacitive divider are used to drive voltage signals across the interface capacitor to test the DUT. In either direction (i.e. from the automatic test equipment to the DUT or vice versa), by altering the voltage output high amplitude of the driver and/or the voltage input high amplitude of the load, the DUT is validly tested through the interface capacitor. Thus, even if all I/O bumps have an oxide layer, the device may still be validly tested.
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Brahmachari Mandrita
Chang Eric C.
DiCosola John
Harms Michael
Tracy Paul
Altera Corporation
Hollington Jermele
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