Patent ID: 7863920

Claim:
An electrostatic discharge test system, comprising: a test signal generator configured to generate an electrostatic discharge test signal of a system-level type, the electrostatic discharge test signal substantially corresponding to one of the IEC 61000-4-2 standard and a standard derived there from; a test board assembly configured to receive an integrated circuit to be tested and configured to emulate characteristics of a system in which the integrated circuit is to be used, the test board assembly including a plurality of component connection terminals, each of the plurality of component connection terminals configured to be coupled removably to at least one circuit component member; and the at least one circuit component member, wherein the test signal generator and the test board assembly are configured to be coupled to each other to supply the electrostatic discharge test signal to the test board assembly when the test board assembly is configured to emulate characteristics of the system, wherein the at least one circuit component member comprises at least one of: a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, a diode, and an integrated circuit.