System for testing an electronic circuit and corresponding method and computer program product

    公开(公告)号:US12072372B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17903344

    申请日:2022-09-06

    IPC分类号: G01R31/28

    CPC分类号: G01R31/2834

    摘要: A system, method, and device to test an electronic circuit are disclosed having a stage to supply a driving signal to a load comprising a pull-up switch and a pull-down switch and a pre-driver stage including pre-driver circuits. The electronic circuit including circuits for testing the pre-driver stage under the control of an automatic testing equipment (ATE) to operate a built-in self-test sequence including test commands for the pre-driver stage under the control of an external test signal issued by the ATE. The system includes a time measuring circuit to measure duration of signals at the output of the stage coupled to a pass-fail check circuit, and to evaluate if the duration of signals at the output of the stage to determine whether the output satisfies a pass criterion.

    SYSTEM FOR TESTING AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20230079831A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17903344

    申请日:2022-09-06

    IPC分类号: G01R31/28

    摘要: A system, method, and device to test an electronic circuit are disclosed having a stage to supply a driving signal to a load comprising a pull-up switch and a pull-down switch and a pre-driver stage including pre-driver circuits. The electronic circuit including circuits for testing the pre-driver stage under the control of an automatic testing equipment (ATE) to operate a built-in self-test sequence including test commands for the pre-driver stage under the control of an external test signal issued by the ATE. The system includes a time measuring circuit to measure duration of signals at the output of the stage coupled to a pass-fail check circuit, and to evaluate if the duration of signals at the output of the stage to determine whether the output satisfies a pass criterion.

    Circuit arrangement for regulating a voltage, corresponding system and method

    公开(公告)号:US11990829B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US17698791

    申请日:2022-03-18

    摘要: A configurable voltage regulating circuit includes first through fourth switches. A flying capacitor is coupled between a common mode node and a pump node, and a sense resistance network is coupled between an output node and an input of an error amplifier and configured to provide a sensed output voltage. The error amplifier receives at another input a reference voltage and generates an error signal. A charging circuit supplies a charging current to the pump node, and controls the value of the charging current as a function of the error signal. A switch command signals generator generates respective first, second, third, and fourth switch signals to control the first switch, second switch, third switch, and fourth switch. The generator sets the configurable voltage regulating circuit as either a charge pump or a linear regulator based the input voltage being less than a first threshold or greater than a second threshold.

    METHOD FOR TESTING A DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TO BE TESTED, CORRESPONDING TEST SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

    公开(公告)号:US20220137131A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17514568

    申请日:2021-10-29

    IPC分类号: G01R31/3183

    摘要: In an embodiment a method for testing a digital electronic circuit includes coupling an external test equipment to a digital electronic circuit in order to apply an external voltage signal to the digital electronic circuit when an automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) procedure with a given test pattern is performed, wherein a value of the external voltage signal is controlled by the external test equipment and measuring, at the external test equipment, the digital supply voltage at an output of the voltage regulator and at an input of the internal digital circuitry, wherein the external voltage signal is applied to the differential inputs of the op-amp voltage regulator through an adaptation circuit to obtain determined values of the digital supply voltage.