Patents by Inventor Erik Duus

Erik Duus 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).

  • Patent number: 5548525
    Abstract: The wiring of system contacts (18) to board probes (20) on a fixture (16) that is used to connect nodes of a board under test to system pins (14) of a multiplexed circuit tester (10) is performed independently of test generation for the type of circuit board with which the fixture (16) is associated. Conflict lists that the pin-assignment program uses to determine which system contacts to wire to which board probes are generated without using the output of the program for generating the board test. For driver/sensor probes, a conflict list for the in-circuit test of a given device includes all input and output nodes of that device as well as all input nodes of devices whose output terminals are connected to nodes of the device under test. The resulting wiring results in few conflicts without requiring many more tester resources than conventional pin-assignment approaches do, and it can be employed without adding to manufacturing lead time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Gen Rad, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Albee, Erik Duus, Mark Ellis