IP Library Granted Patent US 7,768,255
Granted Patent B2
US 7,768,255 · App. 12/199,811 · Granted Aug 3, 2010

Interconnection substrate, skew measurement method, and test apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,768,255
App. No.
12/199,811
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an interconnection substrate used in skew adjustment between output pins in a test apparatus, the test apparatus supplying a test signal to a device under test to test the device under test, the interconnection substrate including: a first terminal coupled to a first output pin that outputs the test signal; a second terminal coupled to a second output pin that outputs the test signal; a first interconnection connecting the first terminal to a bonding node; a second interconnection connecting the second terminal to the bonding node; and a third interconnection connecting the bonding node to an output node, where the first interconnection and the second interconnection have a length equal to each other.

Claims (34)

1. An interconnection substrate used in skew adjustment between output pins in a test apparatus, the test apparatus supplying a test signal to a device under test to test the device under test, the interconnection substrate comprising:

a first terminal coupled to a first output pin that outputs the test signal;

a second terminal coupled to a second output pin that outputs the test signal;

a first interconnection connecting the first terminal to a bonding node;

a second interconnection connecting the second terminal to the bonding node; and

a third interconnection connecting the bonding node to an output node, wherein

the first interconnection and the second interconnection have a length equal to each other.

2. The interconnection substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the length of the first interconnection and the second interconnection is the minimum.

3. The interconnection substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the test apparatus includes an input terminal connected to a timing measurement circuit operable to measure a transition timing of an applied signal, and

the output node is a third terminal coupled to the input terminal.

4. The interconnection substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a timing measurement circuit operable to measure a transition timing of an applied signal, wherein

the output node is an input node of the timing measurement circuit.

5. The interconnection substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

the test signal outputted from the first output pin is a positive phase signal, and the test signal outputted from the second output pin is a negative phase signal.

6. A skew measurement method for measuring a skew between output pins in a test apparatus, the test apparatus supplying a test signal to a device under test to test the device under test, the skew measurement method comprising:

preparing an interconnection substrate that includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first interconnection connecting the first terminal to a bonding node, a second interconnection connecting the second terminal to the bonding node and having a length equal to the first interconnection, and a third interconnection connecting the bonding node to an output node;

coupling a first output pin of the test apparatus to the first terminal of the interconnection substrate, where the first output pin outputs the test signal, and coupling a second output pin of the test apparatus to the second terminal of the interconnection substrate, where the second output pin outputs the test signal; and

measuring a skew between the first output pin and the second output pin by measuring a voltage of the output node relative to a reference voltage.

7. The skew measurement method according to claim 6 , wherein

the measuring a skew includes:

outputting the test signal from the first output pin while maintaining the second output pin to either a high level or a low level, and measuring a first timing at which the voltage of the output node matches a first reference voltage, where the first reference voltage is determined based on a relation between a level of the second output pin and a transition state of the test signal;

outputting the test signal from the second output pin while maintaining the first output pin to either a high level or a low level, and measuring a second timing at which the voltage of the output node matches a second reference voltage, where the second reference voltage is determined based on a relation between a level of the first output pin and the transition state of the test signal; and

measuring the skew from a difference between the first timing and the second timing.

8. The skew measurement method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first output pin outputs a positive phase signal of the test signal, and the second output pin outputs a negative phase signal of the test signal, and

the measuring a skew includes measuring the skew using a value of a spike voltage occurring at the output node.

9. A test apparatus for supplying a test signal to a device under test to test the device under test, the test apparatus comprising:

a first output pin and a second output pin that output the test signal;

a timing measurement circuit operable to measure a timing of an applied signal; and

an interconnection substrate including:

a first terminal coupled to the first output pin, a second terminal coupled to the second output pin, a first interconnection connecting the first terminal to a bonding node, a second interconnection connecting the second terminal to the bonding node and having a length equal to the first interconnection, and a third interconnection connecting the bonding node to an output node that is coupled to an input of the timing measurement circuit.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 18, 2018
From: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
To: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
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