Advantest tool drives forward with Denso order
Semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has announced that Denso Corporation has selected the T2000 Integrated Power Device Test Solution (IPS) for automotive device evaluation and production testing.
Denso will use the IPS to evaluate and manufacture control, power-train and sensor devices for automobiles.
Advances in automotive technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, as well as the development of advanced safety technologies, have diversified automotive semiconductor needs and driven demand for higher production volumes.
Suppliers and users of automotive devices require test environments that contribute to shorter development times, accelerate production ramps and allow production volumes to be expanded with minimal capital investment.
At the sametime, to enable testing of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based, bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) processed mixed-signal devices, which are widely used in the automotive industry, test solutions must support high-speed digital interfaces, whose speeds continue to increase, in addition to high-precision analogue semiconductor technologies.
Advantest says its T2000 IPS addresses these issues.
Denso's executive director in charge of the company's device business, Yukihiro Kato, says, "The T2000 provides broad coverage of high-voltage and high-precision analogue devices, including those with very high-speed interfaces. It is contributing to productivity improvements for us."
The T2000 IPS is designed for testing automotive devices and power-management ICs and power-switch devices.
By integrating a range of measurement capabilities into a single module, Advantest is able to compress peripheral circuitry into one of the smallest possible spaces and offer parallel-test functionality.
The use of proprietary circuit technology dramatically reduces wait time, compared to previous systems, while the T2000 platform's high reliability and support for high-voltage, high-precision testing have contributed to its reputation as the leading test system in its category.
