Patent ID: 9720032
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. An automated test platform for testing a first device under test, the automated test platform comprising: N voltage sources for providing N different voltages; a cross matrix switching system coupled to the N voltage sources, the cross matrix switching system configured to provide the N different voltages to M discrete test points within the first device under test, wherein M is larger than N, and wherein the N different voltages includes at least a first voltage from a first voltage source of the N voltage sources and a second voltage from a second voltage source of the N voltage sources; an automated switch activation system configured to effectuate a switching sequence on the cross matrix switching system that selectively applies the N different voltages to the M discrete test points; an N voltage measuring system coupled to the first device under test, the N voltage measuring system configured to measure the voltage potential present on the M discrete test points; and a processor configured to determine whether two or more conductive traces of the first device under test are shorted, wherein an alternating voltage potential that is different between the first voltage from the first voltage source and the second voltage from the second voltage source measured on the M discrete test points indicates a lack of a short of the two or more conductive traces of the first device under test, and wherein a lack of the alternating voltage potential that is different between the first voltage from the first voltage source and the second voltage from the second voltage source measured on the M discrete test points indicates the short of the two or more conductive traces of the first device under test.