Agilent Technologies Announces New Test Products and Capabilities Designed to Lower Manufacturers' Overall Cost of Test.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2002 New Models and Solutions Address Test Challenges in Key Markets Including Network Processing, Wireless, Digital and Flash Memory Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced multiple hardware and software additions to its memory and parametric product families, as well as expanded capabilities for its single, scalable SOC platform. Agilent's new solutions and enhancements to the various automated test equipment (ATE) product families employ versatile technology for multiple product configurations designed to lower the cost of test in key growth markets, including network processing, high-speed communication, wireless, digital consumer electronics and flash memory. New Models and Enhancements: Agilent P330 -- New Wafer-Sort Capabilities for the Agilent 93000 Tester The Agilent P330 is an addition to the Agilent P-models at the low end of the 93000 SOC Series tester's performance range. With scalability up to 1250 Mbps, the P330 significantly increases the useful life of customers' equipment and protects their investments. It is optimized for graphics chips, chip sets and MPUs, and offers the same high accuracy and advanced signal quality as all other Agilent P-models. The P330 delivers high fault coverage at wafer sort, resulting in lower assembly, packaging and final test costs. Overall timing accuracy of 200 ps enables users to fully exploit process margins for improved yield. Agilent RF Measurement Suite -- Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area Enhancements Leading-edge RF capability on the Agilent 93000 SOC Series, including new wide bandwidth receiver, error vector magnitude The error vector magnitude or EVM is a measure used to quantify the performance of a digital radio transmitter or receiver. A signal sent by an ideal transmitter or received by a receiver would have all constellation points precisely at the ideal locations, however various (EVM EVM Earned Value Management EVM Evaluation Module EVM Error Vector Magnitude EVM Electronic Voting Machine EVM Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals EVM Economic Value Management EVM Extraneous Vegetable Matter EVM Extra-Value Meal EVM Electronic Voltmeter ) measurements, and OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) A digital transmission technique that uses a large number of carriers spaced apart at slightly different frequencies. to 6 GHz, enable the 93000 to cost-effectively test a broad range of WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network RFICs. Agilent is showcasing the 93000 with the RF Measurement Suite's WLAN test capabilities on an 802.11b+g chip in dual-site and also on Systemonic's 802.11a+b chip. For more information, go to www.ate.agilent.com/STE/NEWS/SOC_TEST/WLAN.shtml. Agilent SmarTest Program Generator See application generator. 1.1 -- Makes Concurrent Test Simple SmarTest PG Version 1.1, an add-on software package for the Agilent 93000, represents a breakthrough in how SOC test programs are developed. Rather than simply translating files like most other commercial program generators, SmarTest PG 1.1 allows the user to specify the ports to be tested, then manages the test development process for each port from data extraction Data extraction is the act or process of retrieving (binary) data out of (usually unstructured or badly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration). to generation of directly downloadable files for the 93000 Series. In addition, SmarTest PG 1.1 automatically keeps track of the tester resource requirements The components of a system that are required by software or hardware. It refers to resources that have finite limits such as memory and disk. In a PC, it may also refer to the resources required to install a new peripheral device, namely IRQs, DMA channels, I/O addresses and memory for all of the ports, allowing the user to manage the tester resources as efficiently as possible. Agilent E5270 Series -- A Scalable Platform for Parametric Test The Agilent E5270 Series is a scalable parametric test solution, offering multiple configurations at varying price/performance points to cost-effectively address wide-ranging test challenges for optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. , and complex RF and MOS (1) (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) See MOSFET. (2) (Mean Opinion Score) The quality of a digitized voice line. It is a subjective measurement that is derived entirely by people listening to the calls and scoring the results from wafers. The E5270 consolidates multiple capabilities into an integrated instrument family, enabling lower-cost, higher-performance parametric test solutions without associated integration issues. For more information, go to www.ate.agilent.com/STE/NEWS/PARAMETRIC_TEST/E5270.shtml. Agilent E3340A -- Software Simplifies Parametric Data See parametric symbol. Management The Agilent E3340A is an integrated data management and analysis solution tailored to the needs of semiconductor process, development and integration environments. The Agilent E3340A streamlines large quantities of exploratory test data into a concise set of visual records that can be analyzed, manipulated and re-used to reduce parametric testing time. The E3340A works in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with the Agilent 4070 Series parametric test system and semiconductor process evaluation core software (SPECS) 3.0 to comprise a complete parametric test and data management solution. For more information, go to www.ate.agilent.com/STE/NEWS/PARAMETRIC_TEST/E3340A.shtml. Agilent V4100 -- Increased Capability in Memory Testing A new member of the Agilent/Versatest Series memory-product family, the V4100 helps users meet the challenges of testing an increasingly diverse mix of memory products. The V4100 is a nine-site (576-pin), cost-effective memory and logic tester for customers that test a wide range of devices, including memory, embedded memory, logic and MCUs. It offers the same proven performance and features of the V4400. For more information, go to www.ate.agilent.com/STE/NEWS/MEMORY_TEST/memory_tester.shtml. The new hardware and software components throughout Agilent's ATE product line enable users to further optimize the mix of testing capabilities for high-speed digital, mixed-signal, RF and memory devices. The new components, available at varying price/performance levels, also allow users the flexibility to adjust testing requirements as device technologies evolve. "We base our business on helping our customers succeed in a highly volatile, unpredictable market where they have to be ready for anything," said Jack Trautman, senior vice president and general manager of Agilent's Automated Test Group. "That means providing flexible, scalable, reconfigurable products that maximize customers' capital investment and minimize their time to market, while at the same time helping to close the loop between design and test." Agilent will showcase these new products and more at booth no. 10516 at SEMICON West 2002 in San Jose. Agilent's media kit is available at www.ate.agilent.com/STE/NEWS/INTELLIGENT_TEST/semiwest2k2_kit.shtml. Additional news about Agilent's semiconductor test products is available at www.agilent.com/see/semitestnews. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 37,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2001. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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