Patent ID: 8078424
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A test apparatus that tests a plurality of devices under test, comprising: a plurality of test modules, each of which is connected to any of the plurality of devices under test to supply a test signal to the connected device under test; a plurality of site controllers that control the plurality of test modules to test the respective plurality of devices under test simultaneously; a connection setting device that sets a connection mode between the plurality of site controllers and the plurality of test modules so that each of the test modules is connected to any of the plurality of site controllers; and a plurality of system controllers, each of which controls any of the plurality of site controllers, wherein a predetermined system controller of the plurality of system controllers assigns, in response to a request from at least one other system controller from the plurality of system controllers, a site controller of the site controllers, which is to be controlled by the at least one other system controller.