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On-Wafer Production Testing Enables Fast Non-50ohm Impedance and Power Sweeps

Introduction

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When it comes to the production testing of RF transistor wafers, time is money. Only seconds are spent on each die, and that short time is used for basic parametric analysis such as IV curves and S-Parameters. Spending a few more seconds on each die can yield additional RF parameters such as output power from which efficiency can be calculated, but this is always performed at 50ohm or some fixed impedance. Even though RF transistors might have load impedances of a few ohms or less, non-50ohm production testing with varying impedances has never been implemented due to the slow testing times associated with traditional mechanical impedance tuners. Open-loop active load pull improves test times by eliminating mechanical tuners, but can still only achieve a few impedance points per second.

MT2000 On-Wafer Production Test System

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Enter the MT2000, the only mixed-signal active load pull system capable of tuning and measuring hundreds and thousands of impedance/power states per minute! A breakthrough patent-pending algorithm enables CW and pulsed-CW production testing of multiple load impedance states over multiple power levels in only one second per die! An intuitive API allows users to combine the power of the MT2000 with Cascade's Nucleus wafer-mapping software to fully automate production testing.

Features

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• Non-50ohm production testing for the first time ever
• Multiple load impedance states and power levels in one second per die
• Intuitive API integrates with user-software and Nucleus

Demonstrations

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Click here to see an on-wafer production test example +

Press Release

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• Maury Microwave And Anteverta Microwave Announce A Development And Distribution Partnership For Mixed-Signal Active Load Pull Systems +

Typical setup for 0.4-18 GHz on-wafer active load pull production testing.




Sample pass/fail test for Pout and PAE over Smith Chart for MT2000 production testing.