Claims
- 1. An apparatus for detecting an integrated circuit in failure among integrated circuits, based on spectrum which is a result of analyzing a frequency of a current running through an integrated circuit when a test signal is applied to said integrated circuit, without preparing data of an integrated circuit in no failure, as a reference, said apparatus comprising:(a) a logic tester which tests an integrated circuit to judge whether said integrated circuit is in failure or not; (b) a spectrum measurement unit which measures spectrum of said integrated circuit; (c) a first memory storing said spectrum therein; (d) a calculator calculating both a mean value and standard deviation of spectrum of all integrated circuits under test, for each of frequencies, based on said spectrum stored in said first memory; and (e) a controller which establishes a reference, based on spectrum of a predetermined number of integrated circuits under-test, and judges whether an integrated circuit is in failure or not, by comparing spectrum of each one of said integrated circuits under test to said reference.
- 2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said controller updates said references, based on spectrum of an integrated circuit having been judged to be in no failure.
- 3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a normalizer which normalizes said spectrum and replaces the previous spectrum with the normalized spectrum.
- 4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:(f) a first container for containing therein integrated circuits not tested yet; (g) a second container for containing therein integrated circuits having been judged to be in no failure; and (h) a third container for containing therein integrated circuits having been judged to be in failure.
- 5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a normalizer which normalizes said spectrum and replaces the previous spectrum with the normalized spectrum.
- 6. A recording medium readable by a computer, storing a program therein for causing a computer to act as an apparatus for detecting an integrated circuit in failure among integrated circuits, based on spectrum which is a result of analyzing a frequency of a current running through an integrated circuit when a test signal is applied to said integrated circuit, without preparing data of an integrated circuit in no failure, as a reference, said apparatus comprising:(a) a logic tester which tests an integrated circuit to judge whether said integrated circuit is in failure or not; (b) a spectrum measurement unit which measures spectrum of said integrated circuit; (c) a first memory storing said spectrum therein; (d) a calculator calculating both a mean value and standard deviation of spectrum of all integrated circuits under test, for each of frequencies, based on said spectrum stored in said first memory; and (e) a controller which establishes a reference, based on spectrum of a predetermined number of integrated circuits under-test, and judges whether an integrated circuit is in failure or not, by comparing spectrum of each one of said integrated circuits under test to said reference.
- 7. The recording medium as set forth in claim 6, wherein said controller updates said reference, based on spectrum of an integrated circuit having been judged to be in no failure.
- 8. The recording medium as set forth in claim 7, wherein said apparatus further comprises a normalizer which normalizes said spectrum and replaces the previous spectrum with the normalized spectrum.
- 9. The recording medium as set forth in claim 6, wherein said apparatus further comprises:(f) a first container for containing therein integrated circuits not tested yet; (g) a second container for containing therein integrated circuits having been judged to be in no failure; and (h) a third container for containing therein integrated circuits having been judged to be in failure.
- 10. The recording medium as set forth in claim 6, wherein said apparatus further comprises a normalizer which normalizes said spectrum and replaces the previous spectrum with the normalized spectrum.
- 11. A method of detecting an integrated circuit in failure among integrated circuits, based on spectrum which is a result of analyzing a frequency of a current running through an integrated circuit when a test signal is applied to said integrated circuit, without preparing data of an integrated circuit in no failure, as a reference, said method comprising the steps of:(a) measuring spectrum of a first plurality of integrated circuits among integrated circuits under test; (b) establishing a reference based on said spectrum measured in step (a); (c) comparing a second plurality of integrated circuits among said integrated circuits under test to said reference; and (d) judging whether each one of said second plurality of integrated circuits among said integrated circuits is in failure or not based on said reference.
- 12. The method as set forth in claim 11, further comprising the step of (e) judging whether each of said first plurality of integrated circuits is in failure or not based on said reference.
- 13. The method as set forth in claim 11, further comprising the steps of: (e) assuming that said first plurality of integrated circuits are all in failure; and (f) judging again whether integrated circuits which have been judged to be in failure in said steps (d) and (e) are in failure or not.
- 14. A recording medium readable by a computer, storing a program therein for causing a computer to carry out a method of detecting an integrated circuit in failure among integrated circuits, based on spectrum which is a result of analyzing a frequency of a current running through an integrated circuit when a test signal is applied to said integrated circuit, without preparing data of an integrated circuit in no failure, as a reference, said method comprising the steps of:(a) measuring spectrum of a first plurality of integrated circuits among integrated circuits under test, (b) establishing a reference based on said spectrum measured in step (a); and (c) comparing a second plurality of integrated circuits among said integrated circuits under test to said reference; and (d) judging whether each one of said second plurality of integrated circuits among said integrated circuits is in failure or not based on said reference.
- 15. The recording medium as set forth in claim 14, wherein said method further comprises the step of (e) judging whether each of said first plurality of integrated circuits is in failure or not based on said reference.
- 16. The recording medium as set forth in claim 14, wherein said method further comprises the steps of: (e) assuming that said first plurality of integrated circuits are all in failure; and (f) judging again whether integrated circuits which have been judged to be in failure in said steps (d) and (e) are in failure or not.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/605,978 filed Jun. 29, 2000, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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