The development and challenges of millimeter wave test system for package level

Abstract

The existing automated test system (ATS) for MMIC package level in Avago Technologies immature for the rigorous requirements of millimeter wave products testing. This has demanded the accountability for test development engineer to develop a new test system platform for MMIC product testing at millimeter wave frequencies. This particular test system comprises of test equipments and test software - test equipments are automatically controlled by the test software. This new developed platform comes with a wholly set of challenges during test development processes especially product correlation and product test time will be deliberately discussed on this paper.