Patent attributes
The present test apparatus avoids proximity restriction violation of an edge and surely generates a test signal. There is provided a test apparatus that tests a device under test. The test apparatus includes a test pattern generating section that generates a test pattern to test the device under test every test period, a plurality of edge generators that respectively generate an edge of a test signal to be supplied to the device under test based on the test pattern every cycle period of a reference clock that is used as a reference for an operation of this test apparatus, a selecting section that selects which edge generator generates each edge of a test signal to be output during the next cycle period based on a pattern of the edge generated during the current cycle period, and a test signal supplying section that supplies the test signal according to each edge generated from the selected edge generator to the device under test.