EDN

Get high-frequency, high-pin-count test sockets in a week

Specifying test sockets for high-speed, high-pin-count custom ICs can put you in a Catch-22 situation. Suppose your pc-board design requires a test socket. You need the socket footprint to complete ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Enhancing Test Socket Performance Through Application-Specific Validation And System-Level Per-Pin OQC

As semiconductor devices continue to advance, the demand for reliable, high-performance test sockets has never been greater. Yet, traditional socket design validation methods—such as per-pin ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Comparison Of State-Of-The-Art Models For Socket Pin Defect Detection

This article is adapted from a presentation at TestConX, March 5-8, 2023, Mesa, AZ, by Vijayakumar Thangamariappan, Nidhi Agrawal, Jason Kim, Constantinos Xanthopoulos, Ira Leventhal, and Ken Butler, ...
EDN

Test socket for memory chips comes with a floating guide

Ironwood Electronics has released a new socket for testing BGA devices like DDR4 memory chips. The SBT-BGA-7051 test socket features a floating guide for precise ball-to-pin alignment. Simply place ...
Electronic Design

Test Sockets Handle Frequencies Up To 23 GHz

The pogo-pin based ET 2300 socket system operates at frequencies up to 23 GHz with an insertion loss of -1 dB. It allows users to test and debug any BGA, QFN, or other custom packages with lead ...
Electronic Design

October 2020 Tech Focus: Test Sockets Get a Plug

Playing a crucial interconnect role in integrated circuits and semiconductor testing, test sockets, aka package probes, serve the role of connecting a device and its tester. IC sockets are categorized ...