Patent ID: 8010851

Claim:
A testing module for use in a testing apparatus, the testing module comprising: a designation information storing section that stores thereon designation information designating an order of decoding fundamental patterns; a fundamental pattern storing section that stores thereon the fundamental patterns in a data form; a plurality of pattern generating sections each of which includes one or more memories and generates a test pattern to be supplied to a device under test; a plurality of position information storing sections each of which stores thereon, in association with a corresponding one of the plurality of pattern generating sections, position information designating a read position from which the designation information is read from the designation information storing section; and an information transmission path that is shared by the plurality of pattern generating sections, the information transmission path transmitting a part of the designation information from the designation information storing section to a designation information temporary storing section in each pattern generating section, wherein each of the plurality of pattern generating sections decodes the fundamental patterns in an order designated by the partial designation information stored on the designation information temporary storing section.