Patent ID: 7915884

Claim:
A method of testing an electronic component, the method comprising: storing simulation data resulting from simulation testing of an electronic component's design; employing electronic test equipment to perform real-time testing of the actual electronic component and obtain real-time test signals therefor; employing a synchronizing trigger event in automatically correlating the stored simulation data with the real-time test signals; and performing at least one of: overlaying at least a portion of the correlated simulation data as virtual signals with corresponding real-time test signals for facilitating evaluation of the real-time test signals and the electronic component, wherein the virtual signals are simulated internal signals of the electronic component which are inaccessible to external testing thereof, including using the electronic test equipment; or displaying at least a portion of the correlated simulation data as virtual signals with the real-time test signals on a common display for facilitating evaluation of the real-time test signals and the electronic component, wherein the virtual signals are simulated internal signals of the electronic component which are inaccessible to external testing thereof, including using the electronic test equipment.