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News Release from: Advantest (Europe) | Subject: M6241
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 April 2007
Handler accelerates memory testing
Dynamic test handler for memory devices such as DDR2/3-SDRAM enables parallel testing of up to 512 devices and boasts a throughput of 20,000 units per hour.
Available now from Advantest, the M6241 is a dynamic test handler for memory devices such as DDR2/3-SDRAM It offers parallel test for up to 512 devices and boasts a throughput of 20,000 units per hour
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Through its improved handling and insert mechanisms, the newly-available M6241 provides highly efficient device transfer for parallel test of up to 512 units, while maintaining the compactness of its predecessor, the M6300.
In fact, when used in combination with Advantest's T5588 DRAM memory test system, parallelism is doubled, with no greater floor space required.
For volume producers of today's memory devices, this handler represents massive savings in test costs.
The M6241 is equipped with a new heating mechanism and takes just half the time of conventional models to reach target temperature.
The new mechanism also controls temperature fluctuations between devices under test (DUTs), resulting in an improvement to temperature stability of up to 17%.
An option for the M6241 offers customers the ability to adjust the DUT layout pitch for differences in load-board designs.
This feature allows customers with changing device designs the flexibility to maximise the effective testing of their own products over time.
Designed with modularity, Advantest's M6241 incorporates a new pitch conversion kit mechanism that affords increased test efficiency and extends the life of the system.
Previously, the Parallel Attachment for DUT pitch was a fixed mechanism, requiring that the handler be redesigned to accommodate changes in DUT pitch.
The new M6241, with its kit mechanism, eliminates this need, giving customers increased flexibility.
Recognising that device interface design greatly impacts the efficiency of device testing, the M6241 also provides for a quick change-kit conversion between packages.
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