Course Length: 4 hours
Content
From start to finish each step in the production test process is covered, some additional topics included in the course are outlined below:
We begin with a brief overview using short movie clips:
- Growing the silicon and making base wafers
- Fabricating the circuits onto base wafers
- Wafer testing -first step in test process
- Sawing wafers into die, assembling die into packages
- Package test – second step of test
- Quality Assurance Testing
- Mark, Pack and Ship
Additional topics include:
- Common types of ATE test equipment
- Common circuits and design technologies
- Peripheral Equipment
- Device packages
- Type of tests performed
- What can be learned from testing
- What does testing insure
- Benefits of testing
- The cost of test
- Test philosophy
- General Q & A
- Summary
Prerequisites
None – although this seminar introduces many technical terms and concepts, it is designed as an entry-level course, a technical background is not required.