Patent ID: 7146539
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for testing a device-under-test (DUT), the method comprising: examining a test data file that includes test data configured to enable testing the DUT, the test data file including a first plurality of data entries and a second plurality of data entries, the first plurality of data entries corresponding to a first plurality of DUT pins, and the second plurality of data entries corresponding to a second plurality of DUT pins; determining whether each of the data entries of the test data file corresponds to a pin of the first plurality of DUT pins or to a pin of the second plurality of DUT pins, wherein the first plurality of DUT pins are scan pins and the second plurality of DUT pins are non-scan pins; separating the first plurality of data entries from the second plurality of data entries; communicating the first plurality of data entries to the first plurality of DUT pins; and communicating the second plurality of data entries to the second plurality of DUT pins.