Avoiding Test Program Pitfalls and Production Nightmares


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Have you ever had to learn a new, complicated software application or programming language? ?Most of the time it?s not that difficult, but it takes time and can be frustrating when you?re trying to meet deadlines and make forward progress.? In the test engineering world, coming up to speed on a new test environment typically [...]

Developing Quality Test Programs with Best Coding Practices


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Semiconductor test engineers are typically not software developers.? They?re electrical engineers that are required to be experts with the devices they?re testing.? The knowledge required to understand the designer?s intent, configure the device to match that intent, setup the tester (ATE) to measure the expected output, and then dial in the operation so that it [...]
Correlation Analysis Techniques

Correlation Analysis Techniques


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Knowing a few basic correlation analysis techniques can be a big help in test engineering.? For example, when you create a new test program for a device it?s pretty common to have to correlate a few critical tests to application?s bench setup.? Or, you change the tester hardware when production ramps up (go multisite!) ? [...]

Streamlining Design-to-Tester Pattern Conversion


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Test engineers are almost always working against unrealistic schedules.? Think about it ? we?re at the end of the product development process.? Delays in design, tape-out, and fab happen yet the schedule marches on.? And the schedule, which was likely based on a best-case scenario, is what the customer (or market timing) requires, so regardless [...]

Testing your Test Software: Regression Testing


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Testing your Test Software: Regression Testing I?ve worked on many different test programs and with many different companies in the 16+ years I?ve been doing test engineering consulting and during that time I have been surprised at the lack of software quality measures in the semiconductor test development process.? Test programs can be complex software [...]