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Cascade Microtech Announces First Complete Engineering and Production Probing Solutions Enabling High-Volume 60-80 GHz RFIC Manufacturing
Complete Probing Solution for mmW RFIC Test Meets the Complex Requirements of Automotive Radar and Wireless HDTV Device Test
| Source: Cascade Microtech
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwire - June 8, 2009) - Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ : CSCD ) today
announced the release of two products that streamline engineering and
production testing of high-bandwidth, short-range RFIC devices for
WirelessHD™, automotive radar, and other 60 GHz wireless applications.
Using a combination of Cascade Microtech's proprietary thin-film technology
and coaxial probe technology from its industry-leading Infinity Probe®
architecture, the 110 GHz Unity-MW millimeter-wave RFIC engineering probe
provides the cost-effective answer to the challenges of precision
characterization and testing of these multiple-port emerging technologies.
Utilizing the same membrane technology, the Pyramid-MW 81 GHz production
probe card provides a robust production solution to shipping at-speed
Known-Good-Die (KGD) in high volume.
According to ABI Research, one million wireless high-definition TVs will be
installed worldwide by 2012, with double-digit growth rates. Strategy
Analytics reports that over 2.3 million cars will be equipped with
collision avoidance radar systems by 2011, requiring over 30 million radar
sensors. "Automotive radar and wireless multimedia applications will
continue over the next two years to move from their embryonic stage into
higher volume growth applications," says Geoff Wild, CEO, Cascade
Microtech, Inc. "Cascade Microtech is unique in that it has a 25-year
history of helping customers to precisely characterize and validate device
functionality at both engineering and production test. In order to achieve
widespread deployment of CMOS-based mmW RFICs in consumer applications at
80 GHz and beyond, it requires a knowledgeable leader in very
high-frequency high-volume probing."
Cascade Microtech will debut its two newest engineering and production test
solutions on Agilent Avenue at the International Microwave Symposium June
8-10 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. "This announcement
affirms our combined commitment to provide exceptional solutions to
millimeter-wave RFIC customers," says Gregg Peters, vice president and
general manager of Agilent Technologies' Components Test Division. "Agilent
recognizes Cascade Microtech as a key global channel partner. Innovative
end-to-end solutions that speed the design and testing of Wireless HD
devices are a direct result of ongoing collaborations between Agilent and
Cascade Microtech."
Visit Cascade Microtech experts at Agilent Avenue during the MTT-S
conference in Boston, booth #1307, for a personal introduction to a more
comprehensive approach to 60-80 GHz RFIC probing.
About Unity-MW and Pyramid-MW
With 25 contacts per quadrant, the durable multi-contact Unity-MW probe
provides the capability to conveniently connect up to four 110 GHz RF
signals per quadrant for the most comprehensive and consistent testing of
phased arrays. Utilizing the production-proven Pyramid Probe®
photo-lithographically defined tip technology, Pyramid-MW is the industry's
only dedicated 81 GHz probe card delivering repeatable, reliable
measurements that ensure high-yield KGD can be shipped. Both the Unity-MW
and the Pyramid-MW help lower the cost of test with their robust,
low-maintenance and documented probe tip cleaning regimes.
Availability
With Cascade Microtech's unique Web-based Unity-MW design capture tool and
streamlined manufacturing process, customers can submit required
configurations for delivery in one week, starting September 1, 2009. To
ensure faster time-to-market, Unity-MW probes and Pyramid-MW probe cards
are designed from a common database ensuring an efficient transition from
engineering lab to volume production. For customers purchasing the
Unity-MW, the non-recurring engineering (NRE) charges for developing a
Pyramid-MW will be waived on the first Pyramid-MW order.
About Cascade Microtech, Inc.
Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ : CSCD ) is a worldwide leader in the precise
electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs) and other
small structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions
that need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers access
to, and extraction of, electrical data from wafers, integrated circuits
(ICs), IC packages, circuit boards and modules, MEMS, biological
structures, electro-optic devices and more. Cascade Microtech's
leading-edge semiconductor production test consumables include unique probe
cards and test sockets that reduce manufacturing costs of high-speed and
high-density semiconductor chips. For more information visit
www.cascademicrotech.com.
Cascade Microtech, Infinity Probe, and Pyramid Probe are registered
trademarks and Unity Probe is a trademark of Cascade Microtech, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.