Test apparatus and test method
View Patent ↗Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a plurality of comparators that each receive a signal under measurement output by the device under test, have a common reference level set therein, and compare a signal level of the signal under measurement to the reference level; and a signal processing section that generates a single result signal based on the plurality of comparison results output by the comparators. Also provided is a test method using the test apparatus.
1. A test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising:
a plurality of comparators that each receive, at a common first input, a common signal under measurement output by the device under test and, at a common second input, a common reference level and compare a signal level of the signal under measurement to the reference level; and
a signal processing section that receives a plurality of comparison results output by the comparators and generates a single result signal based on the plurality of comparison results output by the comparators.
2. A test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising:
a plurality of comparators that each receive a signal under measurement output by the device under test, have a common reference level set therein, and compare a signal level of the signal under measurement to the reference level; and
a signal processing section that generates a single result signal based on the plurality of comparison results output by the comparators, wherein
the signal processing section generates the result signal by averaging the comparison results output by the comparators.
3. The test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processing section generates the result signal to indicate the number of comparators that output a comparison result that matches a predetermined logic value.
4. The test apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the signal processing section performs an interpolation in the result signal that changes over time.
5. The test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processing section outputs, as the result signal, a comparison result of a comparator that most quickly outputs a predetermined comparison result among the comparators.
6. The test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processing section generates the result signal by performing analog signal processing on the comparison results output by the comparators, converts the result signal into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal.
7. The test apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a latch section that converts the comparison results of the comparators into a digital signal, wherein
the signal processing section generates the result signal based on the comparison results of the comparators that have been converted into the digital signal.
8. The test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the signal processing section detects a timing at which a logic value of the signal under measurement transitions, based on a timing at which a value of the result signal matches a predetermined value.
9. A method for testing a device under test, comprising:
generating a single result signal based on a plurality of comparison results output by a plurality of comparators that each receive, at a common first input, a common signal under measurement output by the device under test and, at a common second input, a common reference level, and compare a signal level of the signal under measurement to the reference level; and
judging pass/fail of the device under test based on the result signal.