Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for remotely buffering test channels
- Patent Title (中): 用于远程缓存测试通道的方法和设备
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Application No.: US12273408Application Date: 2008-11-18
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Publication No.: US07825652B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Charles A. Miller
- Applicant: Charles A. Miller
- Applicant Address: US CA Livermore
- Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Livermore
- Agency: Kirton & McConkie
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28

Abstract:
A system is provided to enable leakage current measurement or parametric tests to be performed with an isolation buffer provided in a channel line. Multiple such isolation buffers are used to connect a single signal channel to multiple lines. Leakage current measurement is provided by providing a buffer bypass element, such as a resistor or transmission gate, between the input and output of each buffer. The buffer bypass element can be used to calibrate buffer delay out of the test system by using TDR measurements to determine the buffer delay based on reflected pulses through the buffer bypass element. Buffer delay can likewise be calibrated out by comparing measurements of a buffered and non-buffered channel line, or by measuring a device having a known delay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090132190A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY BUFFERING TEST CHANNELS Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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