MixTest: A mixed-signal extension to a digital test system

Author

Mehtani, R. ; Atzema, B. ; Jonghe, M. De ; Morren, R. ; Seuren, G. ; Zwemstra, T.

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

1993

fDate

17-21 Oct 1993

Firstpage

945

Lastpage

953

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for extending a digital test system into a mixed signal verification test system. A digital test system (HP82000) is used for the sourcing and sinking of digital data. For the analog data the system uses analog instruments which are based on the Vme eXtension for Instrumentation standard. The system uses concepts of virtual instruments and DSP based testing algorithms for verifying mixed signal ICs. Test programming in the MixTest environment is based on graphical programming methods

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic testing; computer interfaces; digital instrumentation; integrated circuit testing; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; peripheral interfaces; virtual machines; DSP; HP82000; VXI standard; Vme eXtension for Instrumentation standard; analog data; analog instruments; digital test; graphical programming; mixed signal ICs; mixed-signal extension; testing algorithms; virtual instruments; Digital integrated circuits; Digital signal processing; Instruments; Integrated circuit testing; Laboratories; Signal design; Signal processing algorithms; Silicon; System testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Test Conference, 1993. Proceedings., International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1430-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TEST.1993.470605

Filename

470605