Test Products
"As the mobile TV market grows, DiBcom needs an ATE supplier with a proven mixed-signal platform architecture that enables high multi-site test capability to lower our cost of test as our products ramp into high volume," said David Dorval, Vice President , Operations, DiBcom. "The microFLEX small footprint is ideal for our test engineering laboratory and its compatibility with the FLEX test system provides maximum flexibility to select subcons for our production capacity needs. Teradyne's low cost of test and application engineering support in Europe were instrumental in our selection of microFLEX."
"DiBcom is quickly gaining customer adoption of its Digital Video Broadcast-TV (DVB-T) and DVB-H chipsets and establishing itself as a technology leader in the emerging mobile TV SoC market," said Kyle Klatka, Product Manager in the Wireless Broadband Business Unit, Teradyne. "We're delighted that DiBcom has selected Teradyne as its preferred ATE supplier for mobile TV chipset products further validating the FLEX platform's capabilities to test the broadest range of SoC market segments including emerging wireless technologies such as DVB-H."
About FLEX
The Teradyne FLEX Test Platform advances multiple technologies in a test architecture designed for high-efficiency, multi-site test. The Platform offers multiple systems so customers can optimize for performance, capacity and capital cost to achieve lower cost-of-test. FLEX Platform systems span test requirements from DFT and structural test to standard analog and mixed-signal to the latest high-integration System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and System-In-Package (SiP) devices for consumer, automotive, mass storage, wireless, and data communications applications. The FLEX Platform architecture delivers instrument synchronization and control in device clock time on a vector-by-vector basis, even in multiple time domains. A Universal Slot test head design allows easy reconfiguration for changing test needs. The IG-XL(TM) software operating system provides fast program development, including instant conversion from single to multi-site test. And, the OpenFLEX(TM) open system architecture complements the FLEX Platform's broad set of high-density instrumentation, allowing focused instruments to be added and further enhance system performance and test economics. To learn more about the FLEX Platform, visit http://www.teradyne.com/flex/.
About DiBcom
DiBcom is at the heart of mobile TV. As a fabless semiconductor company that designs high-performance chipsets, DiBcom enables low-power mobile and portable TV reception everywhere and at speeds exceeding 100 mph. The company's solutions are used in automotive, PC/peripheral and handheld device applications. DiBcom has extensive experience solving real-world mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to high-quality service. The company has developed patented algorithms and architecture for fast and accurate channel estimation and high Doppler compensation. Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards DVB-T and DVB-H. For more information, please visit www.dibcom.com.
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test complex electronics in the consumer electronics, automotive, computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense industries. In 2005, Teradyne had sales of $1.08 billion, and currently employs about 4,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. Teradyne(R), FLEX, microFLEX, IG-XL, and OpenFLEX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. in the US and other countries.
