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News Release from: Teradyne
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Team on 23 May 2002
Teradyne to develop tester for Sony GSM
handsets
Teradyne's Assembly Test Division has set up a collaborative partnership with Sony Corp to develop a unique functional test platform for Sony's range of cellular mobile products.
Teradyne's Assembly Test Division has set up a collaborative partnership with Sony Corp to develop a unique functional test platform for Sony's range of cellular mobile products The new platform combines Teradyne's production test system and software expertise with IFR Systems' expertise in RF instrumentation and cellular radio test
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The resulting platform will ultimately provide Sony with a flexible and modular platform to address both current and future wireless products.
The platform is specifically designed and configured to address the manufacturing test requirements for 2G, 2.5G and eventually 3G cellular mobile products.
Teradyne's method of performing a "protocol-independent" test allows the platform to adapt to changing cellular technologies with minimal efforts and virtually no additional hardware, reducing test costs and assuring the highest quality standards.
The specific test requirements from Sony have been incorporated into this test strategy and consist of "in-process" (functional testing at the circuit board level) RF and DC tests.
In addition, up to three units under test (UUTs) can be tested in parallel, reducing standard time of many portions of the test by 30% or more, thus and accelerating product to market.
"Our primary objectives are to reduce our test times and increase the beat rate for production.
The Teradyne solution would enable us to test printed circuit assemblies prior to final separation - a significant advantage", said Sony GSM Test Manager, Jacques Haenn.
"However, within the scope of the project we have also been able to incorporate a more comprehensive range of RF tests and calibrations at no additional cost per board, which gives a very versatile platform for the future".
"Our efforts with Sony have shown that Teradyne can dramatically accelerate products to market and reduce the cost of test for cellular manufacturers", said James Ficaro, business manager for Teradyne's Electrical Manufacturing Test group.
"With its flexible hardware, and intuitive software libraries, the GR Versa test platform provides fast and efficient testing that will not be made obsolete by the onset of newer technologies".
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