Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – Of individual circuit component or element
Patent
1994-04-05
1996-08-06
Wieder, Kenneth A.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
Of individual circuit component or element
3241581, 364550, G01R 3102
Patent
active
055437273
ABSTRACT:
An automated functional test system for PC circuit boards. The test system includes a test chamber for removably receiving circuit boards to be tested, heating and cooling systems for controlling the temperature in the test chamber, a display, a variable circuit board power supply and diagnostics memory for storing PC circuit board diagnostic software. A control system is coupled to the heating and cooling systems, display, power supply and diagnostics memory. The control system causes the circuit board to execute the diagnostic software during low temperature, high temperature and cycling temperature diagnostic phases. The diagnostic phases are sequentially and repeatedly performed during a test cycle. The cooling system is actuated during the low temperature diagnostic phases to cool the test chamber to ambient temperature. The heating system is actuated during the high temperature diagnostic phases to heat the test chamber. Both the heating and cooling systems are actuated during the cycling temperature diagnostic phases to cycle the temperature. The power supplied to the circuit board is varied during the diagnostic phases. If the circuit board fails to properly execute the diagnostic software during the diagnostic phases, the display is actuated to provide an indication of a functional test failure. The display is actuated to provide an indication of a functional test completion at the end of the test cycle if the circuit board successfully executes the diagnostic software during the diagnostic phases.
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Bushard Bradley B.
Dion Philip G.
Heinz Joseph V.
BellSouth Corporation
Kobert Russell M.
Wieder Kenneth A.
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