US 12,442,853 B2
Test aid units
Deog Kyoon Jeong, Seoul (KR); Chan Ho Kye, Seoul (KR); and Ji Hee Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR); and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR); and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,069.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0039947 (KR), filed on Mar. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0329116 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01); H03K 3/037 (2006.01); H03K 5/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 31/2851 (2013.01) [G01R 31/31727 (2013.01); H03K 3/037 (2013.01); H03K 5/00006 (2013.01); H03K 19/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A test aid unit comprising:
a clock signal divider configured to generate a ½ divided clock signal, a ¼ divided clock signal, and a ⅛ divided clock signal, which are synchronized with a reference clock signal, by using a plurality of reset signals, the reference clock signal, and a reference clock bar signal having a phase opposite to that of the reference clock signal;
an integrated digital logic circuit configured to operate in response to a plurality of test control signals received from automatic test equipment, and to generate a driver enable signal, a data strobe signal, a data clock signal, and a check result signal;
a multi-channel transmitter configured to convert transmission rates of the data strobe signal and the data clock signal in parallel form into a transmission rate corresponding to a data processing rate of a device under test in response to the reference clock signal, the ½ divided clock signal, the ¼ divided clock signal, and the ⅛ divided clock signal, and to transmit the converted signals to the device under test; and
a multi-channel receiver configured to convert received data signals in serial form received from the device under test into parallel data in response to the reference clock signal, the ½ divided clock signal, the ¼ divided clock signal, and the ⅛ divided clock signal, and to transmit the parallel data to the integrated digital logic unit,
wherein cycles of the ½ divided clock signal, the ¼ divided clock signal, and the ⅛ divided clock signal are ½ times, ¼ times, and ⅛ times a cycle of the reference clock signal, respectively.