Cascade Microtech Expands Power Device Characterization Solution to Meet Ultra High-Voltage/High-Current Requirements - Seite 2

The UHP probe has a maximum working voltage of 10 kV at temperatures up to 200°C and 8kV at 300°C to meet the needs of MOSFET and IGBT devices. The probe has a maximum current handling capability of 300 A (allowing 600 A when using two probes in parallel), and is operational up to 300°C to address SiC devices used in automotive and powertrain applications. The UHP probe comes with a selection of probe tips to accommodate different pad sizes.

A Complete Power Device Measurement Solution
Cascade Microtech offers a complete power device measurement system, when the UHP probe is paired with its Tesla semi-automated probe systems. The Tesla probe stations now can be configured with newly enhanced thermal chucks that have expanded capabilities to 10 kV/600 A to characterize vertical devices such as IGBTs in a temperature range of -55°C up to 300°C. For power device characterization and low volume production, the system works with Agilent's B1505A parametric analyzer, and their ultra-high current (N1265A) and ultra-high voltage (N1268A) expander units. Customers can have a complete solution enabling high power measurement capability to characterize devices up to 10 kV and currents in excess of 500 A pulsed. All with one touchdown -- and one setup.

Automated On-wafer Power Device Probing
Cascade Microtech has also been meeting high-power device measurement challenges in a production environment with the first fully-automated on-wafer probe system. Rated up to 10k V/400 A, the APS200TESLA delivers unmatched electrical performance for high-voltage and high-current device characterization at production speeds. The APS200TESLA allows customers to save time by avoiding unnecessary dicing and packaging prior to final test. By testing on-wafer in a production environment, the APS200TESLA enables customers to reduce test costs and get their products to market faster.

"We've been able to make some great innovations in power device testing as we work closely with customers and others in the industry," said Debbora Ahlgren, vice president of marketing, Cascade Microtech. "Our test and measurement solutions enable easy, fast and safe measurements of IGBT and MOSFET high-power devices at the wafer level. In both engineering and production environments, we can help increase throughput and improve measurement reliability."

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About Cascade Microtech, Inc.
Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) is a worldwide leader in precision contact, electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs), optical devices and other small structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions that need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers access to electrical data from wafers, ICs, IC packages, circuit boards and modules, MEMS, 3D TSV, LED devices and more. Cascade Microtech's leading-edge stations, probes, probe cards, advanced thermal subsystems and integrated systems deliver precision accuracy and superior performance both in the lab and during production manufacturing of high-speed and high-density semiconductor chips. For more information visit www.cascademicrotech.com.

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