Patent ID: 9557372
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. An automated test equipment (ATE) system, comprising: a tester having a detachable tester-to-device under test (DUT) interface, electrically and detachably connectable to the tester, the tester-to-DUT interface having a DUT interface, wherein the DUT interface is electrically and detachably connectable to a DUT; an ATE signal path between the tester electronics module and the application specific electronics module, the ATE signal path defined in part by the detachable tester-to-DUT interface; and a DUT signal path between the application specific electronics module and the DUT interface, the DUT signal path defined in part by the detachable tester-to-DUT interface; wherein detachment of the detachable tester-to-DUT interface from the tester breaks both the ATE signal path and the DUT signal path.