For leading-edge devices such as RF ICs, increasing frequency, package density, and thermal issues offer significant challenges to designing effective socket and load-board solutions for test.

Load-board design is a critical part of any project that uses ATE to test integrated circuits. Load boards provide the interface between the ATE and the device under test (DUT). A properly designed ...

Test facilities are beginning to implement real-time maintenance, rather than scheduled maintenance, to reduce manufacturing costs and boost product yield. Adaptive cleaning of probe needles and test ...

Designing a load board or circuit board for IC testing sounds like a routine task that involves a few basic requirements and some common-sense approaches. But it’s not always that simple. With new ...

Test is a dirty business. It can contaminate a unit or wafer, or the test hardware, which in turn can cause problems in the field. While this has not gone unnoticed, particularly as costs rise due to ...

Microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) require low-voltage, high-current power supplies. These supplies usually have very strict requirements on output-voltage deviations ...