Teradyne microFLEX Purchased by Carsem for Dependable Low-Cost Automotive Device Test

Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER), a world leader in high efficiency, low-cost test, announced that Carsem, a leading provider of packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry, has purchased a Teradyne(R) microFLEX(TM) test system to test battery management devices used in automotive applications. In the competitive selection process, Teradyne was chosen for delivering the highest quality and lowest cost of device test. Equipped with powerful DC90 V/I instrumentation designed to meet high current and high voltage test and quality requirements, the microFLEX test system will be installed in Carsem’s Ipoh, Malaysia facility. "Carsem is committed to delivering the lowest cost of test through multisite solutions for our customers,” said Rick Flowers, vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, Carsem. "It’s clear that every aspect of the system architecture on Teradyne’s FLEX(TM) platform was primarily designed for high-efficiency, multisite test. We’re extremely pleased with the high parallel device test capabilities of the microFLEX, and confident that the accuracy and repeatability of the results yield a quality device that is so critical in automotive applications.” "Quality and dependability are important for any test application, but absolutely essential in automotive device test,” said Regan Mills, general manager, Semiconductor Test Consumer Business Unit, Teradyne. "We’re pleased that Carsem selected microFLEX with DC90 to deliver that quality. The DC90 is specifically targeted at meeting stringent automotive device quality requirements while enabling high parallel efficiency and lowering the cost of test.” About the DC90 DC90 brings both high voltage and high current capability together in an instrument with unparalleled density to reduce cost of test for automotive, power management, industrial/consumer motor controller and power switch semiconductors. The DC90 is a four-channel floating V/I source and measurement instrument. Each channel has an Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) for voltage and current output and its own meter with capture memory. It is highly modular, with the ability to provide current pulses of 10 A for a single channel and up to 40 A by merging channels within an instrument board. About FLEX Test Platform Teradyne’s FLEX Test Platform, which has surpassed its 1200th unit shipment, advances test technologies in an architecture designed for high efficiency, multisite test. The Platform offers multiple systems so customers can optimize for performance, configuration capacity and capital cost to achieve lower cost-of-test. FLEX Platform systems span test requirements from conventional DFT and structural test to standard analog and mixed-signal to the latest high-integration System-On-a-Chip (SoC) and System-In-Package (SiP) for consumer, automotive, mass storage, wireless and data communications applications. To learn more about the FLEX Platform, visit http://www.teradyne.com/flex/. About Carsem Carsem is a leading provider of turnkey packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry, and offers one of the widest ranges of package and test portfolios in the world. To meet the growing demands of the telecommunications and wireless markets for smaller, faster, thermally-efficient devices, Carsem's portfolio includes several advanced technologies, such as the Micro Leadframe Package (MLP), Small Scale Ball Grid Array (SSBGA), Flip Chip On Leadframe (FCOL), and SiP (System-in-Package) capability. Carsem also offers a full range of turnkey test services for RF, mixed-signal, linear, digital and power devices. Carsem is a member of the Hong Leong Group with factories located in Ipoh, Malaysia, and Suzhou, China, and sales offices across the USA, plus the UK and Taiwan, with sales headquarters in Scotts Valley, CA . For more information, visit www.carsem.com. About Teradyne Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test complex electronics for the consumer electronics, automotive, computing, telecommunications, aerospace and defense industries. In 2006, Teradyne had sales of $1.38 billion, and currently employs about 3,800 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne (R) is a registered trademark of Teradyne, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All product names are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. (including its subsidiaries) or their respective owners. Editor’s Note: For product photography and other resources, please visit Teradyne’s press room at: http://www.teradyne.com/pressRoom/index.html