July, 2014
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Manufacturer Innovates Test Probes And Fixtures
Konstanz, Germany — The phrase “Made in Germany” still has mean- ing for Ingun, a company known for its standard and custom test probes and fixtures. The family-run busi- ness, about to celebrate its 43rd year of operation this year, is repre- sented in 46 different countries around the world and still manufac- tures its precision test equipment in what today is a highly modernized and expanded facility in Constance
(Konstanz), Germany. The compa- ny’s probes and test fixtures are vital to electronics production test- ing for a wide range of markets, including for characterizing compo- nents and systems in automotive electronics, medical electronics, and telecommunications. The test probes and fixtures are quickly gaining favor for testing high-frequency com- ponents and systems, such as RF/microwave equipment used in
Mentor Graphics Launches Industrial Power Tester
Wilsonville, OR — New from Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is its MicReD® Industrial Power Tester 1500A for power cycling and thermal testing of elec- tronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance. The unit tests the reliability of power electronic components that are increasingly used in industries such as automotive and transportation including hybrid and electrical vehi- cles and trains, power generation and converters, and renewable ener- gy applications such as wind tur- bines. The tester is the only commer- cially available thermal testing prod- uct that combines both power cycling and thermal transient measure- ments with structure function analy- sis while providing data for real-time failure-cause diagnostics. Power components are used for
applications in which electrical ener- gy is generated, converted, or con- trolled and where very high reliabili- ty is required over many years of con- stant operation. This new product is built for industrial electronic manu- facturers to test reliability by exam-
enables organizations to make prod- uct improvements for reliability and extended performance. The MicReD industrial products incorporate the laboratory-level accuracy of the T3Ster product in robust machines for operators to use inside manufac- turing facilities. The tester can per- form power cycling tests of metal- oxide semiconductor field-effect tran- sistors (MOSFETs), insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and power diodes. The tester provides a user-friendly touch-screen interface and can record a broad range of infor- mation during test, such as current, voltage and die temperature sensing; and detailed structure function analysis to record changes in the package’s thermal structure. This makes it an especially suitable plat- form for package development and quality checking of incoming parts
before production. Contact: Mentor Graphics Corp.,
8005 SW Boeckman Rd.,
Wilsonville, OR 97070-7777 % 503-685-7000 fax: 503-685-7704 Web:
www.mentor.com
See at Semicon West Booth #6239.
wireless communications systems. Supported by more than 250 highly- qualified and motivated employees worldwide, the company offers more than 400 series of test probes and fixtures with more than 50 different tip styles to accommodate many dif- ferent testing requirements. Test fixtures include manual,
pneumatic, and vacuum-operated solutions for making electrical con- tacts with both single-sided and dou- ble-sided units under test (UUTs). Standard models of test fixtures are often enhanced into custom solu- tions according to requests and requirements from customers. The design and development of new test probes and fixtures is guided by the company’s “innovation campaign,” wherein innovations and develop- ment goals are constantly communi- cated across the company and made available to the general public at the firm’s website at
www.Ingun.com. As an example, the company pro- vides videos to show the use of many of their products in typical applica- tions, allowing visitors to the web- site to get a realistic idea of how they might use a particular probe or test fixture product. The striving for innovations is
most evident in the benefits and high performance levels offered by new test equipment. For example, the MA21xx series of test systems allow one operator to handle several test fixtures at once, automatically open- ing manual test fixtures according to preset test results. The test fixtures are closed manually, and then opened automatically when positive test results are achieved. The positive test results can be indicated by a green light, with negative results shown by an optionally available red light- emitting-diode (LED) indicator. In addition to the MA 21xx
series systems, the firm has devel- oped the innovative MA 32xx series of manual test fixtures for rugged in- field applications requiring durable operation. The MA 32xx series test fixtures build upon the achieve- ments of the MA 21xx series test fix- tures, and feature a tall guided par- allel stroke of about 22mm. They are also designed and constructed for long lifecycles, rated for more than 2 million contact strokes at 2N contact force under laboratory conditions. For applications requiring high-
current testing, the HSS-621 and HSS-623 M series high-current probes can handle currents to 75 A and are designed to test increasingly smaller components at those higher current levels. They are available with different tip styles and configu- rations and are constructed to handle the demands of in-field applications. The firm recently announced
the high-current probe HSS-624 M high-current probe with Kelvin con- tact for testing to 100 A. It has been developed for simultaneously trans- ferring high currents and carrying out voltage measurement directly on the contact pads (four-pole measure- ment). INGUN is currently represented
on all five continents and in more than 46 countries, with INGUN US operating as a subsidiary along with other subsidiaries in the Nether - lands, Great Britain, Swit zerland, Spain, China, and India. It is a world- wide company serving its customers with innovative test solutions that start in Germany, designed and still
“made in Germany.” Contact: INGUN USA, 252
Latitude Lane, Suite 102, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 % 803-831-1200 fax: 803-746-0869 E-mail:
mailbox@Ingun.us Web:
www.Ingun.us
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Industrial power tester.
ining the thermally induced degrada- tions within the module stack-up. Both power cycling and thermal transient measurements are con- ducted on the MicReD Power Tester 1500A, without needing to remove the components from the test envi- ronment. A technician or engineer is able to see the failure as it progress- es and determine the exact time/cycle and cause. The MicReD Power Tester
1500A is based on the Mentor® Graphics T3Ster® advanced thermal tester used in industries worldwide for accurate thermal characteriza- tion of semiconductor device pack- ages and LEDs. The Power Tester 1500A is the first product in the MicReD Industrial line and it pro- vides fully automated power cycling and testing (both thermal and elec- trical measurement) of power mod- ules to provide comprehensive data for failure cause assessment. This
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