| SHANGHAI,
China -- April 3, 2002 -- Teradyne's [NYSE: TER]
Assembly Test Division, a global leader in electronics
testing and production solutions, announced today it
will exhibit its major electronics manufacturing test
and inspection solutions at the Nepcon Shanghai tradeshow
from April 9-12, 2002.
"Nepcon Shanghai is an ideal opportunity for us
to demonstrate the breadth and depth of Teradyne's unique
product range," said Patrick Tong, General Manager
of Teradyne Asia. "Teradyne provides electronics
manufacturers with leading edge test and inspection
solutions to overcome today's design, manufacturing
and test challenges, and deliver technologically distinctive
products to their markets faster and more cost effectively
than the competition."
"Our hardware and software offerings provide electronics
manufacturers with the most comprehensive and effectual
range of test and inspection solutions available and
they allow manufacturers to focus on achieving precise
test requirements more cost effectively," Tong
added. "While we have worked with original equipment
and contract electronics manufacturers throughout the
Asia-Pacific region for many years, Nepcon in Shanghai
is a special opportunity to introduce the most complete
portfolio of test and inspection solutions in the industry
to an even wider audience."
Teradyne will be featuring the following test and inspection
solutions at Nepcon Shanghai:
- Optima™ 7200 Post-Placement Automated Optical
Inspection System
- Optima™ 7300 Post-Reflow Automated Optical
Inspection System
- GR TestStation™ 124 ICT Board Test
- GR Versa™ Cell Phone In-Process Test Solution
- XStation 130L™ Manual X-Ray Inspection Solution
Optima™ 7200 Post-Placement AOI System
Teradyne's Optima 7200 monitors placement equipment
to minimize defects, boost yield, and cut repair costs
while matching the line beat rates required for high-volume
production.
Optima™ 7300 Post-Reflow
AOI System
Teradyne's Optima 7300 is the fastest automated inspection
system available today, able to keep up with the highest-capacity
surface mount lines with a single AOI system. The Optima
7300 features a new, high-speed x-y positioning gantry
and new image detection and acquisition architecture
that complete the scan, diagnosis, and board handling
cycle at greater than twice the speed or more of competing
alternatives.
GR TestStation™ TS 124 In-Circuit
Test System
Designed for high volume manufacturing lines that
require fast throughput, Teradyne's GR TestStation TS
124 is an all-real pin in-circuit test system, providing
full test resources for every node of a board. The GR
TestStation is designed to meet the growing technological
challenges for tighter voltage levels, accurate test
voltages and more useable digital resources.
GR Versa™ Cell Phone In-Process
Test Solution
The GR Versa Cell Phone In-Process Test Solution provides
the user the ability to perform complex transmitter
and receiver measurements at the circuit board level
using a protocol independent test strategy. By bypassing
the normal time-consuming phone-to-base station protocol,
GR Versa exhibits test times that can be 30% faster
than normal test methods.
Manual X-Ray Inspection
The XStation™ 130L provides manufacturers with
affordable, full-featured inspection tools that are
ideal for 100% inspection of area-array and SMT devices.
All MXI systems are also an excellent match to Teradyne
Rework Systems for repair verification.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier
of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier
of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's
test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors,
circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks.
Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors
are used by manufacturers of communications and computing
systems central to building networking infrastructure.
The company had sales of $1.4 billion in 2001 and currently
employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information
visit www.teradyne.com.
Renate Fritz renate.fritz@teradyne.com
Marketing Communications Manager - Europe & Asia
Ismaning, Germany
Germany: 49 89 962 85 303
For more information contact:
Mark Stygles mark.stygles@teradyne.com
Marketing Communications - North America
7 Technology Park Dr.
Westford, MA 01886
USA: 978-589-7425
Fax: 978-589-2064 |
