TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies, ACCRETECH and Cascade Microtech to Provide New Cost-Saving Parametric Test Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West 2002 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 Companies to Jointly Offer DC/RF DC/RF Direct Current / Radio Frequency Parametric Test Solution to Enable Customers to Reduce Test Time and Improve Yields 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 a new cost-saving parametric test platform, developed in cooperation with ACCRETECH and Cascade Microtech Inc. The Agilent 4070 DC/RF parametric test solution is a complete, integrated test solution for direct current (DC) and radio frequency (RF) testing of RF-CMOS RF-CMOS Radio-Frequency Complementary Metal-Oxide Semi-Conductor devices used in wireless, consumer electronics, high-speed Internet See broadband. and other applications. The new DC/RF parametric test solution provides high signal integrity and a fully automated wafer test environment and enables customers to measure both DC and RF parameters using a single system, thereby reducing test space and time, simplifying data management issues, and improving product yields. The new solution integrates the Pyramid Probe Card A probe card is an interface between an electronic test system and a semiconductor wafer. Its purpose is to provide an electrical path between the test system and the circuits on the wafer, thereby permitting the testing and validation of the circuits at the wafer level, usually made by Cascade Microtech, the UF300A wafer prober The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. made by ACCRETECH and the Agilent 8720E series network analyzer A specialized hardware device or software in a desktop or laptop computer that captures packets transmitted in a network for routine inspection and problem detection. Also called a "sniffer," "packet sniffer," "packet analyzer," "traffic analyzer" and "protocol analyzer," the network . Through this collaboration, the DC/RF parametric test solution enables customers to simultaneously measure 100 fA DC and up to 20 GHz RF with an unsurpassed degree of repeatability in a fully automated production environment, which results in increased test throughput and provides more improved yield for the RF-CMOS device. "The 4070 DC/RF is another example of Agilent's commitment to provide our customers with a complete parametric test solution, while continuing to lower the overall cost of test," said Kazu Nishitsuru, business alignment manager of Agilent's Hachioji Semiconductor Test Division. "We are proud to be working with ACCRETECH and Cascade Microtech to provide this advanced test solution to our customers." In addition, the DC/RF parametric test solution also provides a fully automated on-wafer calibration capability using a Impedance Standard Substrate (ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). ) of Cascade Microtech and a special alignment control process for ISS with ACCRETECH's UF300A wafer prober. These processes, including measurement, analysis and calibration, are all executed in the Agilent SPECS test shell environment, thus providing a stable measurement environment and significantly reducing total test time. Agilent Technologies will exhibit the Agilent 4070 DC/RF parametric test solution at Semicon West, San Francisco, at booth no. 2415. Agilent will demonstrate the fully automated calibration process using ISS on a mirror wafer by using the Agilent 4073A and the ACCRETECH UF300A prober. About ACCRETECH ACCRETECH (Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.) is a leading manufacturer of wafer probing instruments. In cooperation with its affiliated company, TSK tsk interj. Used to express disappointment or sympathy. n. A sucking noise made by suddenly releasing the tongue from the hard palate, used to express disappointment or sympathy. Micro Technologies Co., Ltd. (2968-2 Ishikawa-Machi, Hachioji, Tokyo), it moved into the market of optical wafer inspection systems in 2000. Offering the WIN-WIN 50 wafer inspection systems equipped with ultraviolet optics, Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. has been expanding its business activities rapidly in recent years. The strength of Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. lies in their motto of "WIN- WIN RELATIONSHIPS CREATE THE WORLD'S No.1 PRODUCTS" and recruiting talented engineers active in the forefront and a variety of advanced technologies were combined to build up the competitive product in a short time. During the phase of system designing, a clean-room plant dedicated for production of wafer inspection equipment "WIN- WIN 50" was constructed to be ready to start mass production. For more information about ACCRETECH, please visit www.accretech.jp/english/index.html. About Cascade Microtech, Inc. Cascade Microtech, Inc. is the worldwide leader in providing high frequency and parametric on-wafer test solutions. Engineers use our solutions to test and characterize integrated circuits (ICs) and photonic devices. These devices are then used in semiconductor applications, such as personal computers, servers, cell phones, consumer and automotive electronics, fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , PDAs, and other wireless products. Cascade Microtech also produces thin-film probe cards for production-level on-wafer testing of fine pitch, high-speed IC devices for broadband communications and networking, wireless and cell phones as well as other market applications. For more information visit www.cascademicrotech.com. 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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