Delicate features, uneven surfaces, and extreme density make it difficult to manage probe force and ensure reliability.

Yamaichi Electronics offer new products for the wafer-level test of VLSI semiconductors. The new development YVERTICAL® is a vertical probe card with miniaturised spring probe contacts designed for ...

Semicon West (July 11-15, San Francisco, CA) saw the demonstration of a variety of test probes, contactors, and sockets from Aries Electronics, Synergetix, Kulicke & Soffa, and Johnstech. Aries ...

On-wafer probing techniques have become indispensable in the precise characterisation of semiconductor devices operating in the microwave and terahertz regions. These techniques enable the direct ...

In this interview, Jeremy Hope from Wentworth Laboratories talks to AZoM about why they are attending electronica. Please tell us about the company Wentworth Labs and why you are attending electronica ...

NORTH READING, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Teradyne, a leading provider of automated test equipment, has partnered with ficonTEC, a global leader in production solutions for photonics assembly and test, ...

Over the past 10 years, the DRAM market has been one of the toughest commodity businesses in the electronics industry. Bit growth has averaged more than 60% per year, but at the same time, cycles of ...

Every wafer test touch-down requires a balance between a good electrical contact and preventing damage to the wafer and probe card. Done wrong, it can ruin a wafer and the customized probe card and ...

Teradyne today announced Hynix Semiconductor has evaluated high-speed wafer test at its facility in Ichon, South Korea, using a Teradyne wafer probe system. Boston-based Teradyne said the evaluation ...

I’ve had a fairly varied early part of my career in the semiconductors business: a series of events caused me to jump disciplines a little bit, and after one such event, I landed in the test ...