Patents by Inventor Ansell W. Outlaw

Ansell W. Outlaw has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for operating a system to test integrated circuits
    Patent number: 6622271
    Abstract: A testing system for testing an integrated circuit device includes a test definition generator program which generates an initial test definition from information that includes test data. A checker program checks the initial test definition for compatibility with each of at least two different testers. Each of the testers includes a hardware interface, native software having driver routines for the associated hardware interface, and a compiler compatible with the driver routines. Each tester includes a converter program which has been compiled by a compiler other than the native compiler, and which converts the initial test definition into a modified test definition. The modified test definition is interpreted by an interpreter program, which has been compiled by the native compiler, and which controls the hardware interface through the native driver routines so as to carry out the test definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: David D. Colby, Sowrirajan Balajee, Barton Gregg Wilder, Ansell W. Outlaw