Wireless electronic-control system
AssigneeLam Research Corporation
InventorsChristopher-James Parker, Dirk Rudolph, Mark James Garfield Hnatiuk
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Abstract
Various embodiments include methods and apparatuses to test production tools and related electrical components therefor including individual printed-circuit boards (PCBs). In one example, a test-plug hardware-platform includes at least one input/output (I/O) connector, and a configurable control system to provide command and operational signals through the I/O connector and collect data through the I/O connector from at least one PCB under test. A wireless-mesh network within the test-plug hardware-platform can interface wirelessly with at least the PCB under test. The at least one PCB operating within a production tool or other piece of equipment. Other methods and systems are disclosed.
Claims20
A test-plug hardware-platform, comprising:
- at least one input/output (I/O) connector;
- a configurable control system to provide command and operational signals through the I/O connector, the control system further to collect data through the I/O connector from at least one electrical component under test, the at least one electrical component configured to generate and receive a plurality of signals selected from signals including digital signals and analog signals;
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- a wireless-mesh network configured within the test-plug hardware-platform to interface wirelessly with at least the at least one electrical component under test.
A test-plug hardware-platform, comprising:
- at least one input/output (I/O) connector;
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- a configurable control system to provide command and operational signals through the I/O connector, the control system further to capture actual input/output signals to and from at least one electrical component under test, the at least one electrical component configured to generate and receive a plurality of signals selected from signals including digital signals and analog signals, the at least one electrical component being operated within a production tool.
A test-plug hardware-platform, comprising:
- a wireless electronic control system;
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- a configurable control system to provide command and operational signals through the wireless electronic control system, the control system further to collect data through the wireless electronic control system from at least one electrical component under test, the at least one electrical component configured to generate and receive a plurality of signals selected from signals including digital signals and analog signals the control system further to capture actual input/output signals to and from the at least PG-one electrical component under test with the at least one electrical component being operated within a production tool.
A test-plug hardware-platform, wherein the wireless electronic control system is configured to provide communications between test-plug hardware-platform via wireless communications with the production tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.