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Article: IC tester offers 200-MHz testing for analytical applications. (Integrated Measurement Systems Inc.'s Logic Master ATS integrated circuit test station) (product announcement)
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- EDN
- Article date:
- October 1, 1991
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The Logic Master ATS test station provides characterization of new chips, failure analysis, quality assurance, and low-volume production tests fro devices requiring clock rates as high as 200 MHz. Proper device characterization requires clock rates and accuracy comparable to a production tester.
Although production testers can perform characterization and other applications, they often have two drawbacks. First, they are expensive--the demand for high clock rates, high accuracy, and high throughput place requirements on production test systems that are difficult to achieve at any price. Because the high throughput capability of a production tester is not used ...