Patent ID: 6742152
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A test system for testing a target system, said target system having one or more scan paths with one or more devices, said test system comprising:means for scanning a scan image into one or more scan paths of said target system having particular devices; said means capable of scanning the scan image into the one or more scan paths of said target device in a parallel manner; means operably coupled to said scanning means for processing a pattern file having device test data for device types and for providing said scanning means with a scan image having the device test data particular to the devices of said target system, and wherein said pattern file processing means includes means for identifying the particular device type for each of said parallel scan paths; and means for enabling said scanning means to scan in parallel the provided scan image into one or more parallel scan paths of said target system that include devices of said particular device type in order to scan into said devices the device test data.