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Adopting the PXI Architecture for Semiconductor Test Applications Dale Johnson Marvin Test Solutions [email protected]
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Agenda
• Marvin Test Solutions background
• Semiconductor market and trends
• PXI for semiconductor test – PXI background & market
– System power requirements
– UUT interfacing
– Software
– Digital subsystem requirements
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Marvin Test Solutions New Name / Same Aim
• Formerly Geotest – Marvin Test
Systems
– Simplified name strengthens the company’s association to The Marvin Group, known for its 50-year history in aerospace, and our focus on test solutions
• Continued focus providing innovative
products and solutions, coupled with
the excellent, long-term support we are
known for
• Vertically integrated test company that
addresses test challenges without
compromise
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Part of The Marvin Group
• Established in 1963, the Marvin Group is an aerospace firm with five main divisions, all located in Southern California
• Privately owned U. S. corporation
• Over $380M in sales in 2012 and a current funded backlog of over $1.6B USD
• More than 1200 employees
• Established supplier to the commercial and military aerospace markets world-wide
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Products
• PXI Products
– Over 200 PXI and PXIe products including chassis, controllers, and mixed signal test instruments
– Specialized, ATE-focused products and custom instrumentation
• Preconfigured PXI systems for functional and
semiconductor test applications
• Software Products
– Test Executive (ATEasy) – Importing & converting STIL, WGL, VDC/EVCD files (DIOEasy-FIT) – Vector editor (DIOEasy) – Analog waveform editor (WaveEasy) – Lasar Post Processor (DtifEasy)
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PXI Product Portfolio
High voltage pin electronics
Other Resources
Digital
Resources
Digital I/O with
PMU
Measurement & Switching
FPGA Instrument
High Speed
Digital I/O
Software
Packages
Stimuli
Instruments
Chassis & Power Supply
Applications
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Semiconductor Market & Trends • OEMs, packaging / test vendors & fabless semiconductor vendors need to lower their test
costs
• Test share of IC cost continues to decline
• PXI capabilities: Flexible and cost effective solutions for digital , mixed-signal, and RF test
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Tests Requirements Prototype, Pilot Phase:, Design
Verification Tests, Failure Analysis
Performance vs. power
supply, temperature and data
rate
Test throughput
DC parametric
Functional
Devices tested / characterized
Test system & cost
Production Test: Test for process induced faults
Extensive, multiple files / vectors
Limited or complete test,
depending on customer /
application
Extensive
Minutes to hours, single device
testing
10’s to 1000’s
PXI-based ATE
$50K - $100K typical
Limited, test time constrained
All pins checked for DC parameters
Limited, “corner cases” checked at
ambient temperature only
Seconds, may require multi-site testing
1000’s to millions
Production IC Test System
$500K and up
Primary focus
Semiconductor Test Requirements
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Why PXI for Semiconductor ATE?
• Cost effective
• Product capabilities: high performance
instrumentation and bus bandwidth
• Flexible & robust open architecture
• Wide market adoption – drives product
development and pricing
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PXI Market Growth
• >18% CAGR from 2010 – 2017
• $1B in revenue by 2017
Frost and Sullivan, 2011
% growth based on 2010 as base year
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PXI Architecture – A Robust Standard for ATE
• Timing / Synchronization
– Triggering and clocking resources for coherent mixed signal testing
• Flexible / high performance architecture
– 2 GB/s data rate per slot
– Peer to peer communication for high speed data processing
– High power / high density platform - “high functional density”
• Software – Flexibility & Open Architecture
– Windows based environment supports many APIs -COM, VB, LabVIEW, .Net, C, etc.
– Users can select from off the shelf test executives or create their own
– Third party and OEM software tools for importing and converting digital test vectors – i.e. STIL, WGL, VCD
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PXI Trigger Bus (8 TTL Triggers)
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Differential Star Triggers
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PXI Express
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PXI & PXI Express Architecture
PCI Express Bus PCIe / PCI
Bridge PCI Bus
Local Bus
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PXI System Power
• PXI is limited to 30 watts per slot – True or False?
– A PXI chassis MUST supply AT LEAST 25.6 watts per slot
– There is no specific limit about maximum dissipation or thermal management requirements for a PXI chassis!
– The electrical limit for power per slot for a PXI card is 125 watts
The challenge is thermal management
• PXI performance digital:
– 3U PXI digital I/O cards offer 32 channels with PMU
– Maximum dissipation: 60 watts
– High power PXI chassis provide the power and cooling for 512 I/O channels
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Instrument / UUT Interface
• The challenge: Interfacing PXI instrumentation to a
performance “ATE-like” test interface
• Requirements:
– Controlled impedance
– Modular / flexible / expandable, customer configurable
– Accommodate digital, analog, RF
• Ability to retain existing investment in DUT or personality
interface boards
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Modular Receiver
GX5295 GX5295 GX5733
Fixture ID User Power
SMA Block
(not installed)
GX5295
Expansion
Cabled / connectorized interface to receiver blocks
Modular pin blocks, field configurable
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Item 1: VHDC pin block assembly Item 2: Receiver plate Item 3: Blank pin block Item 4: Receiver frame Item 5: SMA connector block Item 6: DB78 pin block assembly Item 7: DB25 (UUT power) pin block assembly
• Configurable • Can be upgraded in the field • Supports up to 512 digital channels • Blind mate RF option • Handler compatible option
Modular Receiver Details
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Load Board Example Sentry DUT Board Converter
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Software for Semiconductor Test
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• Windows based PXI architecture supports a range of
programming environments
– C, C++, .NET
– LabWindows
– LabVIEW
– ATEasy
• Specific semiconductor test tools:
– Test library for DC parametric tests
– Shmoo and I-V curve plotting
– Digital vector importing for STIL, WGL, VCD, etc.
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Semiconductor Test Software Features
• Device Pin and Pin group mapping
capability – simplifies test program
development and reuse
• Pre-defined DC Parametric tests –
simplifies test program creation
– Open and Shorts
– Input Leakage (IIL, IIH)
– Input Voltage Threshold (VIH, VIL)
– Output Short Circuit (IOSH, IOSL)
– Output Voltage Threshold (VOH, VOL)
– Power Consumption (IDD, IDDQ)
• Shmoo test capability - Automated
and Interactive
• I-V Curve test capability -
Automated and interactive Tool
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Digital Waveform Display & Edit
• Graphical interface and waveform
display / edit / compare software
tools
• File Import Option:
– Import WGL, STIL, VCD/eVCD vectors
– Pin Remapping capability – Include /Exclude pins – Automated conversion profiles
• Panel application offers
interactive control of digital
instruments
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PXI Products for Semiconductor ATE - Digital Test
• Multiple vendors offering performance digital
instrumentation
• 200 MHz vector rate with PMU per pin and per pin
programmability
• High channel density: 32 channels per card, 512
channels in a single 3U PXI chassis
• Cost effective: $250 / channel
• User FPGA cards for custom interfaces
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PXI Digital Instrumentation for Parametric and Functional Test
PMU or SMU
(Source / Measure Unit)
Multiplexer /
Switch
Digital
Instrument • 100MHz
Power
Supply
• Combining the digital and PMU :
• Faster test time
• Lower cost
•Eliminates switching
GX5295
• -2 to +7 Drive / Sense
• Terminations: PU / PD
• 3 state drive
• Real time compare
DUT
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Next Generation Digital Instrumentation
• Timing per pin with multiple time sets
– Simplifies vector import / conversion process
– Enhanced capability for AC device characterization
– Simplifies bus emulation / device timing
• Data formatting
• More flexible sequencer
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Semiconductor Test – Using PXI Instrumentation • Verify functionality
– Generate or import test vectors – Test vectors can be large (megabytes) -
requires deep memory
• Verify DC parameters – Opens / shorts test – verifies fixture / UUT
connection – Input and output characteristics – Sink / source currents and voltages for all
signal pins
• Maximize test throughput – Real-time compare for digital test – “Per-pin” DC measurement (parametric
measurement unit or PMU)
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Other PXI Products: Analog & RF Instrumentation
• Multiple vendors producing high
performance digitizers and waveform
generators
• RF instrumentation
• SMUs & power supplies for DPS
applications
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Example PXI System
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Complete system for device test:
• User supply
• 64, 100 MHz digital channels (expandable to 512)
with PMU per pin
• 64 static digital channels
• Vector conversion tools & test executive
• Receiver interface with self-test
• High power chassis
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Assessment Summary: Using PXI for Semiconductor ATE
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Feature Performance / Capability Comments
Digital test Good, support for up to 512 channels in one chassis
Trend is to higher performance digital products with better timing resolution / performance & lower cost
Analog Good / Excellent, voltage output can be a limitation
Trend is to more features and performance
RF Good / Excellent, processing moving to on-instrument
Products rival box instrumentation specs
Software tools Fair / Good, closed vs. open architecture challenges suppliers
Vendors working to improve usability and efficiency of program development
SMU / DPS Fair / Good, low current measurements are a challenge
Current capability is limiting for some applications
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Summary
• PXI products and systems offer a cost effective
platform for semiconductor test
– Open hardware and software architecture
– Access to a broad portfolio of PXI products from multiple vendors
• Market acceptance and adoption of PXI is driving
product advancements for semi and other markets
• FA, verification and fabless semiconductor users
see PXI as a viable, cost effective solution for ATE
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Thank You!
• Discussion / Questions
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