Verigy Adds Parallelism to Reduce Memory Test Development Time
21 March 2007 - 6:05PM
Business Wire
Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY), a premier semiconductor test company, has
introduced the Programmable Interface Matrix for the Verigy V5000e
Engineering Workstation to bring the parallel test capabilities of
the Matrix to memory manufacturers using the popular V5000e for
engineering, test development and debug. With the Matrix, the
V5000e can test 12 devices under test (DUT) in parallel,
dramatically increasing overall throughput, while reducing operator
intervention. The Matrix also increases the pin count of the V5000e
to 768 tester resource pins, making it possible to test
higher-pin-count memory devices of multiple memory types (NOR,
NAND, DRAM, SRAM, and MCP). As product life cycles continue to
shorten, manufacturers need to keep test development time to a
minimum. At the same time, there is an ever greater mix of memory
devices on test floors. To meet the challenges of testing all of
these devices, manufacturers need test systems for engineering
development with parallelism and flexibility. However, using a
full-blown production system in the engineering development
environment is not cost effective and often not feasible. The
V5000e with Matrix addresses those challenges while reducing test
development time. �Until now, the best option for memory
manufacturers looking for a characterization or test development
system was spending millions on an additional final test system,�
said Gayn Erickson, vice president and general manager, Memory Test
Solutions, Verigy. �With the Matrix, these capabilities are now
available to our V5000e users in the test development and debugging
environment.� The Matrix was originally designed to bring down the
cost-of-test during final production test and until now was only
available with the Verigy V5500 Final Test system. Verigy developed
the new version of the Matrix for the V5000e to meet the increasing
need for a powerful, flexible solution in the characterization or
test development setting that can handle multiple memory types
(NOR, NAND, DRAM, SRAM, and multi-chip packages, or MCP). Available
since 2005, the V5000e is the leading engineering workstation for
testing the full spectrum of memory devices and features a scalable
platform architecture, office environment design and the power and
flexibility necessary for engineering development. Advanced
Features for Maximum Return on Investment and Lower Cost-of-Test
With the Matrix, the V5000e offers users expanded functionality and
performance, now able to test 12 DUT in parallel. The Matrix also
increases the pin count of the base V5000e test system from 128 I/O
pins to 768 tester resource pins, making it possible to test
higher-pin-count memory. This offers the flexibility to address
current and emerging test methodologies with the V5000e. The Matrix
allows the tester to automatically shift resources from pin to pin
without manual reinsertion, which shortens overall test times and
also lowers the amount of manual intervention required. This
feature is valuable when testing MCP devices since tester resources
can be moved from one DUT to the next � when devices are tested
serially � without requiring manual reinsertion of the DUT. For
lengthy program and erase steps, tester resources can be fanned out
in parallel automatically and then switched back to serial mode for
read tests. The Matrix also supports use with thermal environmental
chambers for both extreme hot and cold characterization testing,
expanding its usability for characterization. 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.
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