Patent ID: 8868371
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G01R,H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining test sets of operating parameter values for an electronic component, the method comprising: determining a first set of intermediate sets, each intermediate set containing a combination of a first number of parameters chosen from a predefined parameter set containing a predefined number of parameters, wherein the parameters represent operating parameters of the electronic component and each parameter may have a number of parameter values; determining a second set of reference sets, wherein the second set contains a union of sets, each set comprising all possible combinations of parameter values for the parameters of a respective intermediate set; selecting a third set with a second number of test sets out of a set of predefined sets, wherein each predefined set comprises a different combination of the parameter values for all parameters from the predefined parameter set, such that the second set is a subset of a union of a number of sets, each set comprising all possible combinations of the first number of parameter values for all parameters of a respective test set, wherein the number of the sets equals the second number of test sets within the third set.