Patent ID: 6163866
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: G01R,H01L

Abstract:
A method of testing an integrated circuit in a system level environment using an actual electrical system in which the integrated circuit is intended to be used to operate the integrated circuit during the testing, the integrated circuit being part of a module which makes up part of the electrical system and the integrated circuit to be tested being operatively connected to the electrical system when the testing occurs, the method comprising the steps of:exposing a die in a packaged integrated circuit to be tested;placing the module that incorporates the exposed die on a test platform and positioning a sensor probe relative to the exposed die such that the sensor probe can directly monitor the die during testing;operating the electrical system in a manner which exercises the exposed die; andusing the sensor probe to directly monitor the die while the exposed die is being exercised by the operation of the electrical system in which the integrated circuit is intended to be used.