Patent ID: 6873927

Claim:
A method for controlling an automatic integrated circuit full testing system, said testing system comprising: a plurality of testing computers each capable of carrying and testing an integrated circuit, wherein the testing computers with the integrated circuit inserted therein together form a system-completed computer for conducting a system-level test; a plurality of automatic plug/unplug tools for engaging the integrated circuit with a corresponding testing computer and removing the integrated circuit therefrom; an integrated circuit supply rack for holding the integrated circuit to be tested; an integrated circuit binning device having a plurality of bins for holding tested integrated circuits; an automatic transport device for fetching integrated circuits from the integrated circuit supply rack and transporting the integrated circuits to various testing computers as well as transporting the integrated circuits to the integrated circuit binning device; at least one image sensor for capturing output images produced by the testing computer; and at least one control device electrically connected to the testing computers, the automatic transport devices, the automatic plug/unplug tools and the at least one image sensor; wherein the automatic integrated circuit full testing control method comprises the steps of: the control unit issues a first signal to drive the automatic transport device to fetch one test integrated circuit from the integrated circuit supply rack and to transport said integrated circuit to the corresponding testing computer; the control unit issues a second signal to drive the automatic plug/unplug tools to electrically engage the integrated circuits with the corresponding testing computers to form the plurality of system-completed computers; the control unit issues a third signal to drive the system-completed computers to each execute a preset testing program and issues a fourth signal to drive the image sensors so that output images of the system-completed computers are captured; the control unit analyzes the test results and output images obtained from the system-completed computers to determine if the integrated circuits pass the testing; and the control unit issues a fifth signal to drive the automatic plug/unplug tools to remove the tested integrated circuit from the system-completed computers and issues a sixth signal to drive the automatic transport device so the tested integrated circuits are transported to corresponding bin within the integrated circuit binning device.