Patent ID: 8164351
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G01R,G11C

Abstract:
1. A test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising: a power supply that generates supply power supplied to the device under test; a transmission path that transmits the supply power generated by the power supply to the device under test; an intermediate capacitor that is provided between the transmission path and a ground potential; a power supply current measuring section that measures a current flowing through the transmission path at a position closer to the power supply than the intermediate capacitor; a charge and discharge current measuring section that measures a charge and discharge current of the intermediate capacitor; a load current calculating section that calculates a load current flowing through the device under test based on a sum of the current measured by the power supply current measuring section and the current measured by the charge and discharge current measuring section; a high-capacitance capacitor that is provided between the ground potential and the transmission path at a position closer to the power supply than the intermediate capacitor is, and that has a capacitance greater than the capacitance of the intermediate capacitor; a low-capacitance capacitor that is positioned between the ground potential and the transmission path at a position closer to the device under test than the intermediate capacitor is, and that has a capacitance smaller than the capacitance of the intermediate capacitor, wherein the intermediate capacitor is connected to the transmission path at a position at which a distance between the intermediate capacitor and the low-capacitance capacitor is less than a distance between the intermediate capacitor and the high-capacitance capacitor; a test board that contacts the device under test, wherein the low-capacitance capacitor and the intermediate capacitor are provided on the test board; and a connector that is provided on the transmission path and that electrically connects the test board to the power supply, wherein the high-capacitance capacitor is connected to the transmission path on the power supply side of the connector.