A method of and system for determining calibration offsets to account for
delays introduced "downstream" of the reference driver (24) of a tester
system (18) to test electronic components such as SRAM semiconductor
memory devices. Such delays are created by, among other elements, receiver
channels (30) of the tester system. A plurality of calibration modules
(100) are provided, one for each receiver channel. Each calibration
modules has a transmission line (110) with a known delay, a first contact
102' and a second contact 102". The tester system includes a socket (52)
having a plurality of contactors (54) for contacting the reference clock
contact and data output contacts of the electronic components undergoing
test. The first contact of each calibration module is positioned to engage
the contactor that engages the reference clock contact of the electronic
component. The second contact of each calibration module is positioned to
engage a contactor that is different than the contactors that the second
contacts of other calibration modules engage. Calibration offsets arising
from delays introduced "downstream" of the tester system driver are
determined for each receiver channel by subtracting the known delay for a
calibration module associated with the receiver channel from the time
between when (i) a test signal is provided by the reference driver at
t.sub.0 and (ii) when the test signal is received at the receiver channel.