Patents by Inventor Kazuo Mukawa

Kazuo Mukawa 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).

  • Test program debugger device, semiconductor test apparatus, test program debugging method and test method
    Patent number: 7269773
    Abstract: A test program debugging apparatus of the present invention includes a device under test simulator and a semiconductor testing apparatus simulator. Further, the semiconductor testing apparatus simulator includes: a verification range acquiring unit that acquires a verification range that is a range of commands to be verified among commands included in the test program; a command simplifying unit that simplifies non-setting commands other than setting commands for setting the device under test simulator, among non-verification range commands included in a non-verification range that is a range other than the verification range within the test program; and a command executing unit that executes the verification range commands included in the verification range, the setting commands, and the non-setting commands simplified by the command simplifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hori, Hideki Tada, Takahiro Kataoka, Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Kazuo Mukawa
  • Test program debugger device, semiconductor test apparatus, test program debugging method and test method
    Publication number: 20060248390
    Abstract: A test program debugging apparatus of the present invention includes a device under test simulator and a semiconductor testing apparatus simulator. Further, the semiconductor testing apparatus simulator includes: a verification range acquiring unit that acquires a verification range that is a range of commands to be verified among commands included in the test program; a command simplifying unit that simplifies non-setting commands other than setting commands for setting the device under test simulator, among non-verification range commands included in a non-verification range that is a range other than the verification range within the test program; and a command executing unit that executes the verification range commands included in the verification range, the setting commands, and the non-setting commands simplified by the command simplifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hori, Hideki Tada, Takahiro Kataoka, Hiroyuki Sekiguchi, Kazuo Mukawa