Electronic Design

October 2020 Tech Focus: Test Sockets Get a Plug

Playing a crucial interconnect role in integrated circuits and semiconductor testing, test sockets, aka package probes, serve the role of connecting a device and its tester. IC sockets are categorized ...
Electronic Design

PCB Plating Finishes Impact Elastomer Socket Technology

Today’s electronic packages have high clock speeds (multi-gigahertz range), fine pin densities (below 0.4-mm pitch), and high pin counts (over 2000). When assembled onto a printed-circuit board (PCB), ...
EDN

Test socket for memory chips comes with a floating guide

Ironwood Electronics has released a new socket for testing BGA devices like DDR4 memory chips. The SBT-BGA-7051 test socket features a floating guide for precise ball-to-pin alignment. Simply place ...
EDN

Test socket boosts contact protection with plunger matrix

Ironwood Electronics has unveiled a QFN socket design for the 9.1 x 14-mm package size. The SMP-QFN-8019 socket employs high-performance elastomer that facilitates very low inductance, high endurance, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

A Customized Low-Cost Approach For S-Parameter Validation Of ATE Test Fixtures

This article summarizes the content of a paper jointly developed and presented by Advantest and Infineon at TestConX 2022. Device under test (DUT) fixtures for ATE systems pose several verification ...