Verigy Introduces Port Scale RF Test Solution for V93000
June 26 2007 - 10:02AM
Business Wire
Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, today
introduced the Port Scale RF solution for the V93000 SoC Test
Platform. This new solution provides the cost-effective, reliable
RF measurement capability required to test emerging
high-integration devices containing integrated RF, mixed signal,
digital, power management and embedded or stacked memory, as well
as low-integration RF transceivers. Verigy developed the Port Scale
RF solution for the V93000 SoC test system to meet the current and
future requirements of semiconductor fabless design companies,
integrated device manufacturers, and outsourced semiconductor
assembly and test companies. �The emerging high-integration devices
being manufactured today to power the next generation of mobile
consumer electronics devices are posing significant challenges to
our customers,� said Pascal Ronde, vice president of sales, service
and support, Verigy. �The architecture of the V93000 platform
allows us to add this RF capability while achieving remarkable
throughput, and still maintaining the lowest cost-of-test.� Today
RF is pervasive, a required element in a variety of
wireless-enabled devices and communications applications from cell
phones, to satellite-based navigation equipment, tuners and set-top
boxes. RF is also required in PCs and laptops supporting standards
such as WiMAX, WLAN, Bluetooth and UWB. Previously, RF components
were separate parts, �jelly beans;� now, increasingly, multiple RF
radios are integrated into a single IC. Similarly, devices such as
mobile phones are designed to meet the standards of multiple
geographies, such as GSM/CDMA, CDMA2000, EDGE and EV-DO. As a
result, designs that previously would have included a single
receiver now often include as many as four or more RF transceivers.
As these different RF communication standards are integrated into
one RF circuit, the challenges for test increase dramatically.
Verigy developed the Port Scale RF in anticipation of its
customers� emerging requirements for maintaining lowest possible
cost-of-test (COT), for both high-integration and low-integration
RF devices. Architecture for Optimized Throughput The Port Scale RF
solution is a solid state design with all of the RF resources
located in the V93000 test head. Unlike other solutions which use
slow external equipment, the Port Scale RF solution is based on
fast solid state components that do not compromise throughput,
performance or measurement accuracy. The solution can be configured
with 12, 24 or 48 RF ports. True quad-site is achieved with 24 RF
ports and, with its high multi-site parallel efficiency, the
solution addresses the port counts required by high-integration
devices and provides the highest test efficiency to achieve the
lowest COT. Port Scale RF meets increasing performance, yield and
economic demands, offering high performance, with highly accurate,
stable measurements and the industry�s lowest noise floor (down to
-161 dBm/Hz). Faster Time-to-Market Port Scale RF features
integrated analog and RF test setup, integrated test flow and
step-by-step debug tools to reduce test development time. Verigy
has added fast and accurate �one-click� intelligent calibration,
and now uses a powerful Eclipse� software environment with an
active hardware view, which provides the user with an intuitive,
graphical view of the RF measurement block diagram, and the ability
to export RF setups to test method templates. The solid state RF
design and the unique, water-cooled architecture of the V93000 mean
that no test plan calibration is required during most of the
development phase. Advanced Hardware for Breakthrough Performance
Verigy incorporates the industry�s highest functionality per square
centimeter onto single slot cards inserted into the V93000 test
head, for smaller tester footprint and lower cost. The Port Scale
RF solution is comprised of the following modular cards and kit: RF
Source card (instrument-quality signal generator 10 MHz-6 GHz); RF
Front End card (each provides 12 RF ports); RF Interface (provides,
high-density, robust RF interface to customers� load board and
probe cards); MB AV8 card (provides 4 arbitrary wave generator
(AWG) cores and 4 digitizer cores); 48 port RF calibration kit
(support up to 10 RF systems with 1 kit). More information can be
found at www.verigy.com/go/PortScaleRF. Pricing and Availability
The Port Scale RF solution starts at USD $320,000. Verigy is
accepting customer orders now, and first shipments begin in July
2007. About the Verigy V93000 The Verigy V93000 provides a scalable
platform architecture for testing SoCs, system-in-packages (SIPs)
and high-speed memory devices. The V93000, now with more than 1,500
systems installed worldwide, meets the industry�s demanding
performance and cost challenges, whether for at-speed engineering
characterization or high-volume production. The test system
provides massive multi-site capabilities, with data rates up to
12.8 Gbps and supports a full range of digital, mixed-signal and RF
applications. It provides low cost-of-test for wireless
applications such as cellular, WLAN, WiMax, and UWB. About Verigy
Verigy designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services advanced
test systems and solutions for the memory and system-on-chip
segments of the semiconductor industry. Verigy�s scalable platform
systems are used by leading semiconductor companies worldwide in
design validation, characterization, and high volume manufacturing
test. Formerly part of Agilent Technologies, the company began
doing business as Verigy on June 1, 2006, and completed its initial
public offering on June 13, 2006. Information about Verigy can be
found at www.verigy.com. Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse
Foundation, Inc.
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