Abstract: A waveform data acquisition module acquires the waveforms of electrical signals for multiple channels. A memory controller continuously writes a digital signal S3 to one from among a first memory unit and a second memory unit. When a given memory unit has become full, the memory controller notifies an external higher-level controller that the corresponding memory unit is full and switches the wiring target to the other memory unit.

Abstract: A waveform data acquisition module acquires the waveforms of electrical signals for multiple channels. A memory controller continuously writes a digital signal S3 to one from among a first memory unit and a second memory unit. When a given memory unit has become full, the memory controller notifies an external higher-level controller that the corresponding memory unit is full and switches the wiring target to the other memory unit.

Abstract: In a tentative target value calculation section 28, a predetermined value is subtracted from (or added to) a target value Exp to calculate a tentative target value ExpB. In a binary search executing section 25, binary search is executed, and a searching region is limited to a certain region including this tentative target value ExpB. Next, in a sequential search executing section 29, the target value Exp is searched for in an increasing direction from the tentative target value ExpB which is a start point in the limited searching region. Accordingly, both drop prevention of measurement precision and reduction of searching time are achieved consistently, and a target value is securely and normally found in a case where a sequence constituting a searching object indicates an ascending-order sequence including a decrease in a part.

Abstract: Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side time interpolator 20 which obtains clocks input from a DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the clocks as time-sequential level data, a data side time interpolator 20 which obtains output data input from the DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the output data as time-sequential level data, and an edge selector 30 which switches the time-sequential level data obtained by the time interpolators 20 and selectively outputs level data indicating rising and/or falling edges of the level data.

Abstract: Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side time interpolator 20 which obtains clocks input from a DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the clocks as time-sequential level data, a data side time interpolator 20 which obtains output data input from the DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the output data as time-sequential level data, and an edge selector 30 which switches the time-sequential level data obtained by the time interpolators 20 and selectively outputs level data indicating rising and/or falling edges of the level data.

Abstract: Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side time interpolator 20 which obtains clocks input from a DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the clocks as time-sequential level data, a data side time interpolator 20 which obtains output data input from the DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the output data as time-sequential level data, and an edge selector 30 which switches the time-sequential level data obtained by the time interpolators 20 and selectively outputs level data indicating rising and/or falling edges of the level data.

Abstract: A semiconductor test device for acquiring a multiplexed clock signal from LSI output data and using the clock to test the LSI. The device includes a time interpolator and registers connected in series. The time interpolator has flip-flops connected in parallel for receiving output data from an LSI under test, a delay circuit for successively inputting strobes delayed at a constant timing interval to the flip-flops and outputting time-series level data, and an encoder for receiving the time-series level data from the flip-flops and encoding it into position data indicating an edge timing. The registers successively store position data from the encoder and output them at a predetermined timing. The device further includes a digital filter for outputting the position data from the registers as a recovery clock.

Abstract: A recovery clock synchronized with an internal clock faster than a system clock is obtained with an edge timing of the system clock output from a DUT. The present invention includes: a time interpolator 20 which includes flip-flops (FF 21) which receive system clocks of the DUT 1, a delay circuit 22 which outputs time-series level data, from the FF 21, and an encoder 28 which receives the time-series level data output and encodes it into positional data indicative of an edge timing; a digital filter 40 which includes a plurality of registers 41 which sequentially store the positional data and output the positional data as a recovery clock; and a data side selector 30 which selects output data of the DUT 1 base on the recovery clock.

Abstract: Output data of a device under test (DUT) is obtained at timing of both rising and falling edges of a clock output from the DUT, and output data of a DDR type device is fetched in synchronization with the clock. A semiconductor test apparatus comprises a clock side time interpolator 20 which obtains clocks input from a DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the clocks as time-sequential level data, a data side time interpolator 20 which obtains output data input from the DUT 1 by a plurality of strobes of constant timing intervals and which outputs the output data as time-sequential level data, and an edge selector 30 which switches the time-sequential level data obtained by the time interpolators 20 and selectively outputs level data indicating rising and/or falling edges of the level data.

Abstract: In a tentative target value calculation section 28, a predetermined value is subtracted from (or added to) a target value Exp to calculate a tentative target value ExpB. In a binary search executing section 25, binary search is executed, and a searching region is limited to a certain region including this tentative target value ExpB. Next, in a sequential search executing section 29, the target value Exp is searched for in an increasing direction from the tentative target value ExpB which is a start point in the limited searching region. Accordingly, both drop prevention of measurement precision and reduction of searching time are achieved consistently, and a target value is securely and normally found in a case where a sequence constituting a searching object indicates an ascending-order sequence including a decrease in a part.

Abstract: A tester comprising a reference clock generating section for generating a reference clock having a first frequency, a first test rate generating section for generating a first test rate clock having a frequency which is about an integral multiple of the first frequency, a second test rate generating section for generating a second test rate clock having a frequency which is about an integral multiple of the first frequency and different from the frequency of the first test rate clock, a first driver section for supplying a test pattern to an electronic device according to the first test rate clock, and a second deriver section for supplying the test pattern to the electronic device according to the second test rate clock.

Abstract: A recovery clock synchronized with an internal clock faster than a system clock is obtained with an edge timing of the system clock output from a DUT. The present invention is configured to comprise: a time interpolator 20 which includes flip-flops 21a to 21n which receive system clocks of the DUT 1, a delay circuit 22 which sequentially receives strobes delayed at specified timing intervals to the FF 21 and outputs time-series level data, and an encoder 28 which receives the time-series level data output from the FF 21 and encodes it into positional data indicative of an edge timing; a digital filter 40 which includes a plurality of registers 41a to 41n which sequentially store the positional data of the encoder 28 and output it with a predetermined timing, and outputs the positional data from the register 41 as a recovery clock; and a data side selector 30 which selects output data of the DUT 1 with the recovery clock being used as a selection signal.

Abstract: A tester comprising a reference clock generating section for generating a reference clock having a first frequency, a first test rate generating section for generating a first test rate clock having a frequency which is about an integral multiple of the first frequency, a second test rate generating section for generating a second test rate clock having a frequency which is about an integral multiple of the first frequency and different from the frequency of the first test rate clock, a first driver section for supplying a test pattern to an electronic device according to the first test rate clock, and a second deriver section for supplying the test pattern to the electronic device according to the second test rate clock.