Patent ID: 8938370
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for use in an automatic test equipment, comprising a plurality of system modules (SYSMOD), whereby a system module (SYSMOD) comprises a Time Measurement Unit (TMU), whereby said Time Measurement Unit (TMU) comprises a Global Time Stamping Module (GTSM), said Global Time Stamping Module (GTSM) comprises a plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores (GTSC), said Global Time Stamping Core (GTSC) comprises: an information receiving section for receiving at least two information, whereby a first information of said received two information is containing a Clock Information (CL_INF) and a second information of said received two information is containing a Synchronization Information (SYNC_INF), an event receiving section for receiving at a Core Input (IN) events (EV), allowing for a synchronized data acquisition of a plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores (GTSC), an event determining section for determining events of interest (EV_INT) from said received events (EV) appearing on said Core Input (IN), and an instructing section for instructing a Time Stamp Memory (TSM) to record a current status (TS) of a Time Stamp Counter (TSC) corresponding to the Clock Information (CL_INF), if an event of interest (EV_INT) is determined, and the Global Time Stamping Module (GTSM) further comprising a supplying section for supplying said plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores (GTSC) with a common time base, thereby provoking a synchronized data acquisition of the plurality of Global Time Stamping Cores (GTSM).