After an evaluation process, Atheros has selected Teradyne based on lower capital costs, throughput advantages and demonstrated wireless test leadership.
Atheros will leverage the additional test capacity for semiconductors used in personal computers, handheld devices and Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs).
“Teradyne has been a key ATE supplier for the past 10 years,” said Hing Chu, Atheros vice president of operations. “Teradyne continues to deliver test platforms and new instrumentation that stand up to the challenging test requirements of our current and future designs. Our selection of the UltraFLEX-HD with UltraWave 12G and UltraPin800 meets our most extensive range of rigorous test requirements while lowering our cost of test.”
The UltraPin800 digital instrument expands the parallel test capability of the UltraFLEX family of test systems by doubling the number of channels per instrument. IT features 800 Mbps data rate, 256 M Vector Memory, and digital source and capture capability, which reduces test program development time and increases multisite throughput for a wide range of digital and mixed signal devices.
Available on the UltraFLEX test platform, the UltraWave 12G provides wireless customers 12 GHz source and measurement performance. It offers the wide range of test and measurement capability to cover complex microwave test requirements for RFIC and RF SOC devices, including wireless LAN, Bluetooth technology, 3G cellular, and new emerging standards like 4G cellular and Ultra Wideband.
Atheros is a US-based provider of technologies for wireless and wired communications products.
