Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1993-06-16
1995-05-02
Karlsen, Ernest F.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
324 96, G01R 31308, G01R 3102
Patent
active
054123305
ABSTRACT:
An optical module for an optically based measurement system, such as an electro-optic system (10) for measuring electrical characteristics of a device under test (14), has a probe arm (26), a layer of electro-optic material (27), and a first optical system for delivering a measurement beam (44) to the layer and for producing therefrom an information-carrying beam having optical characteristics indicative of the electric characteristics. The first optical system includes a first lens (128), and (optional) polarization bias adjustment (130), a dichroic beamsplitter (112), and a second lens (114). The module also has a second optical system for delivering an observation beam (66) through the layer and onto a portion (68) of the device and for forming from rays (69) stemming from the observation beam a light pattern (70) indicative of the portion. The information-carrying beam is analyzed in a polarization analysis module into component beams (136, 138) in respective linearly independent polarization states. Converters (144, 146) produce electrical signals (147, 148) indicative of the intensity of the respective component beams; alternatively, the component beams are conveyed for analysis elsewhere. Connections (46, 65, 74, 149, 150) to and from the components fixedly mounted relative to the probe arm are flexible, allowing the probe arm and the components to move freely in any direction relative to the device under test.
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Jones Michael D.
Pepper Steven H.
Ravel Mihir K.
Jandacek James W.
Karlsen Ernest F.
Tektronix Inc.
Winkelman John D.
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