A novel approach to entirely integrate Virtual Test into test development flow

In this paper, we present an open architecture virtual test environment (VTE) which can be easily integrated into various modularized automatic test systems (ATS) compliant to Open Standard Architecture (OSA). The focus of this paper is to analyze and address the major issues that still prevent the application of virtual test (VT) from day-to-day´s practice. As a pilot demonstration, a VHDL-AMS based VTE is established and an ADC test is performed. The environment is intended to seamlessly interoperate with the test system during test program development procedure.