Patents by Inventor Robert Beverly Lefferts

Robert Beverly Lefferts 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: 7262621
    Abstract: A functional block under test (FBUT), comprising mixed-signal or analog circuits, can be tested by a digital test machine (DTM). A DTM sources test vectors to, and expects to receive certain vectors back from, a DUT. The DUT is a single, physically contiguous, IC upon which is integrated the FBUT, a mixed-signal generate and capture unit (MSGC) and a control system. The test vectors can include computer programs for instructing the control system on how to perform mixed-signal or analog-domain tests of the FBUT using resources of the MSGC (such as DACs and ADCs). The test vectors can also include data that effects the operation of a parameterized test procedure, where the test procedure is part of the control system. The control system, in accordance with the test procedure, uses the MSGC to perform mixed-signal or analog-domain tests of the FBUT. The FBUT can include an analog test bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Joseph Caffee, Christopher Scott Jones, Robert Beverly Lefferts, Ross Andrew Segelken, Jeffrey Lee Sonntag, Daniel Keith Weinlader