Patent ID: 7605596

Claim:
A method of inspecting an object, comprising: dividing a first inspection current into a plurality of first divided inspection currents; supplying the first divided inspection currents from a plurality of first test circuits to a plurality of first chips, each of the plurality of first test circuits supplying first divided inspection currents, from among the plurality of first divided inspection currents, to at least two chips from among the plurality of first chips; determining whether a plurality of second chips is normal or not; selectively supplying a plurality of second inspection currents from a plurality of second test circuits to the plurality of second chips based on whether the second chips are determined to be normal, the second inspection currents being selectively cut off from the second test circuits to each one of the plurality of second chips that are determined to be abnormal, each of the plurality of second test circuits supplying second inspection currents, from among the plurality of second inspection currents, to only one chip from among the plurality of second chips.