摘要:
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a power distribution network having a first set of power distribution lines connected to a source voltage and a second set of power distribution lines connected to a ground voltage, and a first capacitor. A first variable resistive element is electrically coupled in series with the first capacitor between the first and second sets of power lines of the power distribution network. A control circuit is coupled to the variable resistive element and is configured and arranged to adjust a level of resistance of the first variable resistive element in response to an input signal. The adjustment of the level of resistance adjusts an equivalent series resistance of the power distribution network.
摘要:
A paddle board probe card for connecting a device under test with an ATE tester by means of ZIF connectors is presented. The paddle board probe card may include more than one printed circuit board mounted on a probe card in such a manner that the more than one printed circuit boards mate with ZIF connectors on an ATE testhead interface.
摘要:
An inverted mesa quartz crystal oscillator suitable as a time base reference for automatic test equipment is presented. The inverted mesa quartz crystal may be formed by ion beam etching a mesa in a quartz crystal substrate.
摘要:
A paddle board probe card for connecting a device under test with an ATE tester by means of ZIF connectors is presented. The paddle board probe card may include more than one printed circuit board mounted on a probe card in such a manner that the more than one printed circuit boards mate with ZIF connectors on an ATE testhead interface.
摘要:
A low thermal impedance printed circuit board assembly compatible with surface mount assembly reflow solder processes is presented. The low thermal impedance printed circuit board assembly may have filled vias soldered directly to solder balls of the surface mount assembly.
摘要:
A DUT contactor integrated into a DUT or probe board is presented. The DUT contactor integrated into a DUT/probe board may comprise a raised metallization contact layer on one surface of a multi-layer printed circuit board.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a method includes, providing a test program designed to control a circuit test system. The circuit test system has a plurality of test channels, each test channel of which is configured to be selectively coupled to a plurality of sub-channels under control of the test program. The method further includes 1) analyzing the test program to determine what combinations of channels, sub-channels and timing sets are required by the test program, and 2) in response to this analysis, creating a map of which timing sets, for which combinations of channels and sub-channels, should be pre-loaded into pin electronics that correspond to the test channels.
摘要:
In one embodiment, there is disclosed apparatus having a printed circuit board (PCB); a heat sink device for disposition adjacent the bottom surface of the PCB; at least one wiffle tree component disposed adjacent the top surface of the PCB, having a base portion with a plurality of legs extending therefrom; and at least one mechanism to generate a clamping force between the at least one wiffle tree and the top surface of the PCB, and between the bottom surface of the PCB and the heat sink. There is disclosed a method of attaching a printed circuit board (PCB) to a heat sink. In an embodiment, the method includes providing at least one wiffle tree component; disposing one of the at least one wiffle tree component adjacent to the PCB; and securing the one of the at least one wiffle tree component with a fastener. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
摘要:
A high frequency coaxial through hole via in a multilayer printed circuit board is presented. The high frequency coaxial through hole via may include two traces connected by a plated through hole via and surrounded by more than one ground plane, where the more than one ground planes are capacitively coupled.
摘要:
A low phase noise high speed stabilized time base uses a crystal resonator that operates directly at a desired high frequency of one hundred to several hundred MHz. An inverted mesa AT-cut quartz crystal meets this criteria. To promote frequency stability the crystal and its oscillator circuit are thermally clamped to a convenient temperature that need be only loosely regulated, say, at about room temperature. In an exemplary ATE setting that already provides a water flow heat removal system whose supply side is 26° C.,±0.5° C., a 400 MHz inverted mesa AT-cut crystal is simply given its own loop within that water supply. Other temperature stabilization techniques for loose regulation, such as Peltier cells, may be used. The result is a high frequency time base having adequate frequency accuracy and stability, but with the extremely low timing jitter of just the crystal resonator, since there is no contributory timing jitter from a frequency multiplying PLL.