Patents by Inventor Hironori Kanbayashi

Hironori Kanbayashi 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: 7296203
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device-under-test, having a master channel provided in correspondence to one of output pins of the device-under-test to sample an output signal of the corresponding output pin and a slave channel provided in correspondence to a different output pin from that of the master channel to sample an output signal of the corresponding output pin, wherein the master channel has a frequency divider for generating a frequency-divided clock by dividing a source synchronous clock outputted from the device-under-test, a sampling section for sampling the corresponding output signal based on the frequency-divided clock and a distributing section for distributing the frequency-divided clock to the slave channel, and the slave channel has a sampling section for sampling the corresponding output signal based on the frequency-divided clock received from the master channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 7263643
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing electronic devices is provided which includes a plurality of signal sources to supply an output signal to test electronic devices according to an input signal, a loop circuit to make the output signal loop and to input the looped signal to each of the signal sources having output the output signal as an input signal, a counter section to measure a period between inputting of the input signal and inputting the looped signal in each of the signal sources, and a controlling section to control timing at which each of the signal sources supplies the output signal so that a period measured by the counter section in each of the signal sources be substantially same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Kanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20070083801
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus for testing a device-under-test, having a master channel provided in correspondence to one of output pins of the device-under-test to sample an output signal of the corresponding output pin and a slave channel provided in correspondence to a different output pin from that of the master channel to sample an output signal of the corresponding output pin, wherein the master channel has a frequency divider for generating a frequency-divided clock by dividing a source synchronous clock outputted from the device-under-test, a sampling section for sampling the corresponding output signal based on the frequency-divided clock and a distributing section for distributing the frequency-divided clock to the slave channel, and the slave channel has a sampling section for sampling the corresponding output signal based on the frequency-divided clock received from the master channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 7142003
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus that tests an electronic device. The test apparatus includes: a plurality of test modules operable to supply test patterns used for a test of the electronic device to the electronic device; a reference clock generation unit operable to generate a reference clock; a generation circuit operable to generate timing signals that cause the plurality of test modules to operate based on the reference clock; a plurality of timing sources being provided in response to the plurality of test modules and operable to supply the timing signals to the corresponding test modules; and a control unit operable to control phases of the timing signals supplied to each of the test modules by the plurality of timing sources so that timings at which each of the test modules outputs the test patterns according to the timing signals are made to be equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Kanbayashi, Koichi Yatsuka
  • Publication number: 20050138505
    Abstract: There is provided a test apparatus that tests an electronic device. The test apparatus includes: a plurality of test modules operable to supply test patterns used for a test of the electronic device to the electronic device; a reference clock generation unit operable to generate a reference clock; a generation circuit operable to generate timing signals that cause the plurality of test modules to operate based on the reference clock; a plurality of timing sources being provided in response to the plurality of test modules and operable to supply the timing signals to the corresponding test modules; and a control unit operable to control phases of the timing signals supplied to each of the test modules by the plurality of timing sources so that timings at which each of the test modules outputs the test patterns according to the timing signals are made to be equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Kanbayashi, Koichi Yatsuka
  • Publication number: 20050138504
    Abstract: A test apparatus for testing electronic devices is provided which includes a plurality of signal sources to supply an output signal to test electronic devices according to an input signal, a loop circuit to make the output signal loop and to input the looped signal to each of the signal sources having output the output signal as an input signal, a counter section to measure a period between inputting of the input signal and inputting the looped signal in each of the signal sources, and a controlling section to control timing at which each of the signal sources supplies the output signal so that a period measured by the counter section in each of the signal sources be substantially same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Kanbayashi