Test Products
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2001--Today, Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) announced that Atheros Communications, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., has selected Teradyne's Catalyst test system with the MicroWAVE6000(TM) instrumentation suite to test its AR5000 wireless chipset based on IEEE's 802.11a standard. Atheros, a leader in providing wireless networking technologies, has developed "Radio-on-a-Chip" technology, resulting in frequencies of 5GHz using chips that are manufactured using standard-process CMOS. The technology allows wireless networking with data rates that are competitive with 100BaseT wired systems, but with lower installation and maintenance costs.
Ron Das, Vice President of Operations at Atheros, said, "Our AR5000 chipset is a highly integrated end-to-end design, requiring few external components. For testing, we needed an all-in-one system that had RF capabilities up to 6GHz, complete synchronization with mixed-signal instruments, and significant digital functionality. Teradyne's Catalyst covered these requirements for 802.11a devices. In addition, their test development support has helped us reduce our time to market."
David Derian, Wireless/RF Marketing Manager at Teradyne, said, "We recognize that rapidly growing companies like Atheros need to focus on their cutting-edge technology, and not be hindered or slowed down by test issues. We are committed to supporting Atheros with the right test solutions and the greatest flexibility in production as they speed their devices to market."
About MicroWAVE6000
The MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation suite provides a complete range of RF/microwave test capabilities required for current and future wireless devices and communications standards. MicroWAVE6000 includes full 6 GHz source, measure and vector network analysis (VNA) capability, complete 12-term error correction, and graphical-user interface (GUI) based test templates for programming ease-of-use plus options, including: modulation to 2.7 GHz, up to 16 RF pins, noise figure test option, phase noise test option and frequency hopping.
Fully integrated within Catalyst and A5 test systems, MicroWAVE6000 is the only RF/microwave instrumentation available that also allows for complete system configuration flexibility for today's high-volume production environment. Catalyst and A5 systems can either be configured as focused RF test solutions, with ample room for further instrument expansion, or as complete wireless SOC test solutions by augmenting MicroWAVE6000 with the full complement of Teradyne's mixed-signal AC, DC, and digital instrumentation. In addition, MicroWAVE6000 instrumentation can be added easily to Catalyst and A5 installed systems.
About Catalyst
Catalyst dominates the SOC market with test capabilities for DSL, wireless, microwave and power management applications. With more than 4,000 individual users worldwide, Catalyst's IMAGE(TM) programming system is the most widely used ATE software environment. Catalyst currently offers wireless devices, quad-site testing, providing the best test economics and most complete array of analog instrumentation. When a cell call is placed, or a PC, printer, scanner, pager, or DVD is utilized, Catalyst tested ICs make it happen.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and high performance interconnection systems for the electronics, telecommunications and Internet industries. Teradyne products are used to test semiconductors, printed circuit board assemblies, telephone lines and broadband networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density, high-bandwidth connectors are used in the communications and computing systems central to the Internet infrastructure. In 2000, the company had sales of $3.0 billion and there are currently more than 9600 employees. Teradyne's World Wide Web address is www.teradyne.com.
IMAGE and MicroWAVE6000 are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc.
