Teradyne -- Test Assistance Group Professional Services, Professional Services


	Total Test Solutions To Customers Worldwide TAG provides value-added applications engineering support from design to volume production, delivering consistent, repeatable solutions to customers worldwide. At any phase of product testing and development, TAG's support will reduce your time to revenue and cost of test. We offer flexible agreements ranging from on-site engineering support to specific project assignments. Test Program Development Test Time Reduction Yield Improvement Test Cell Integration Technical Consulting
	Test Program Development New Devices: Our engineers can develop or assist your engineering team in the development of a comprehensive test methodology and robust test plans. We develop complete test packages including test programs and interfacing hardware. We offer early stage device characterization as well as volume production solutions at wafer and final test. Existing Devices: TAG engineers can convert other system environments to the Teradyne platform, utilizing an internally developed library of program conversion tools and logic pattern converters. Result: Faster time to market for new devices back to the top Test Time Reduction (TTR) Working closely with your team, TAG engineers will: Identify the top volume devices for TTR work to provide the highest Return on Investment (ROI) Modify test program software to reduce test time and minimize or eliminate a new qualification cycle Results: Higher throughput and better ROI back to the top Yield Improvement With appropriate test program modifications, improvement occurs by tightening yield distribution against test limits as a result of better measurement accuracy. TAG will perform an in-depth analysis and modification of test programs and interface boards by assessing: Test methodology Tester instrument selection Signal distribution to the Device Under Test (DUT) Noise reduction techniques (higher sampling rates) Result: Cost of test reduction back to the top Test Cell Integration and Support TAG engineers combine global production experience with specialized Teradyne tester knowledge to provide support in the following areas: Assessment of current and future test cell requirements Integration of key test cell components to the tester Test programs transferred for new devices Setup time reductions on handlers and probers Program debug and data collection setup Yield analysis and related interface problems Tester up-time improvement by integrating with maintenance personnel Network integration and administration Results: Increased test cell productivity and reduced downtime and setup and changeover times back to the top Technical Consulting Technical Consulting addresses production test issues beyond the scope of standard user documentation and training courses. TAG's engineers provide you access to our global organization's technical expertise. We will provide: Test process assessment, data collection and improvement recommendations CPK analysis to determine the vital test issues that affect your test cell performance Solutions to software and hardware integration of handlers and probers Rapid deployment of new device test programs to remote production facilities Improve tester up-time by integrating with maintenance personnel Results: Guidance on production test issues and strategic planning back to the top Click here for a printable version. (PDF)