Test ProductsBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) announced today that Infineon Technologies AG has selected Teradyne's MicroWAVE6000(TM) subsystem on Catalyst to test its Bluetooth(TM) wireless chips. Infineon's BlueMoon(TM) was the first Bluetooth system solution including the baseband, RF transceiver, and firmware protocol to receive Bluetooth qualification worldwide. BlueMoon offers the economics of CMOS technology with Infineon's proven RF performance.
Ivar Johansson, Marketing Director of Short Range Wireless at Infineon Technologies said, "Our BlueMoon devices exceed the requirements of the Bluetooth test specifications and therefore we need equipment with the highest performance. Teradyne offers a solution that provides the test coverage for these emerging technologies without compromise in production economics." "Infineon's competitive advantage is not only our technology, but our ability to ramp production quickly to meet rapid changes in market demand. With the Catalyst system, we can respond immediately to a wide mix of devices in production. In addition, we can find Catalyst at all major subcontractors for further flexibility," Mr. Johansson added. "Infineon has been a valued Teradyne customer for many years. With Catalysts configured with MicroWAVE6000, they will continue their lead in fast growing wireless markets," said David Derian, Wireless/RF Marketing Manager at Teradyne. "The BlueMoon devices span all levels of integration, requiring broad coverage of parametric and functional testing. We developed MicroWAVE6000 on the Catalyst to provide this full range of test without compromising throughput, and with the flexibility in production for the high production-mix environments at world leaders like Infineon," added Mr. Derian About MicroWAVE6000 Teradyne's 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: microwave modulation, up to 16 RF pins, as well as options for noise figure, phase noise measurements and frequency hopping. Fully integrated within Teradyne's 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 1000 systems shipped. Test capabilities include full coverage for DSL, wireless/RF, networking, and power management applications. With more than 4,000 individual users worldwide, Catalyst's IMAGE programming system is the most widely used ATE software environment. Catalyst offers multi-site testing, providing the best test economics, and the most complete array of analog instrumentation for test coverage and production flexibility. When a mobile phone call is placed, or a PC, printer, scanner, pager, or DVD is utilized, Catalyst tested ICs make it happen and with the lowest cost of test. 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. IMAGE and MicroWAVE6000 are trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. BlueMoon is a trademark of Infineon Technologies AG. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Semiconductor Test is a lead-ing supplier of semiconductor test equipment for logic, RF, analog, power, mixed-signal, and memory technologies. We deliver test solutions to developers and manufacturers of a broad range of integrated circuits, packaged separately or integrated as System-On-a-Chip (SOC) or System-In-Package (SIP) devices. ICs tested by Teradyne are used in computing, communications, consumer, automotive, identification, and internet applications. |
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