Test Products
NORTH READING, Mass. and SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) and Staccato Communications, Inc., a leader in the Ultra Wideband (UWB) communications market, announced that the FLEX™ Test Platform has been specified for the production ramp of Staccato’s Ripcord™ product family based on Certified Wireless USB. Staccato and Teradyne will work together in creating low cost test solutions for Staccato’s single-chip, all-CMOS devices. Using Teradyne’s advanced multisite test capability will strengthen Staccato’s ability to ship the most aggressively priced high-volume Certified Wireless USB products.
“With the final stages of worldwide regulatory approval and logo certification imminent, we are preparing a steep production ramp of Certified Wireless USB based silicon. Our choice of the FLEX Platform for ATE and our collaboration with Teradyne enables the most efficient path for volume production,” said Ken Molitor, vice president of operations for Staccato Communications. “We selected Teradyne’s factory-supported FLEX Test Platform systems because they are widely deployed, highly scalable, and their multisite test capability ensures fast manufacturing test times resulting in lowest test costs of our Ripcord single-chip, all-CMOS product family.”
Staccato offers the Ripcord family of products, the industry’s only single-chip, all-CMOS solution based on the WiMedia Alliance’s UWB common radio platform and Certified Wireless USB by the USB Implementers Forum. The Ripcord 3500P series is implemented using leading 110nm digital CMOS process technology and offered in a variety of packaging options including a complete System-in-Package (SiP).
“Teradyne’s goal is to enable efficiencies in test that result in the lowest cost and highest throughput to meet the needs of Staccato’s aggressive production ramp. Staccato is well positioned in the market with an advanced product roadmap that extends to next-generation dual-band silicon that maintains low cost, small form-factor and low power consumption products for Certified Wireless USB and Bluetooth 3.0,” said David Trounson, general manager, Semiconductor Test Wireless Business Unit, Teradyne. “By joining ’Team Staccato,’ Teradyne reinforces our commitment to the growing industry of Certified Wireless USB and WiMedia UWB.”
Teradyne’s FLEX Test Platform, which just surpassed its 1000th unit shipment, advances test technologies in an architecture designed for high-efficiency, multsite test. A broad range of single-board, high-performance, high-density analog (AC and DC) and digital instruments replicate the device-operating environment for test and lets users apply the best test strategy for high-performance digital or high-precision analog at package or probe. Teradyne’s Gen4 Microwave instrument covers the broadest range of RF semiconductor test applications in the marketplace and can be configured from 4 to 38 RF ports with a full range of scalar and vector source and measurement capabilities. Users also have the ability to perform functional test via modulated signal generation and analysis functionality for mainstream wireless protocol standards.
About Staccato Communications
Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Staccato Communications is an Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology pioneer with applications expertise in Certified Wireless USB, Bluetooth and Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity. The fabless semiconductor company serves the personal computing, consumer electronics and mobile phone industries with low cost, small form factor, low power consuming single-chip, all-CMOS wireless products. Staccato’s WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB-based offerings include PHY, MAC, drivers, application software, development kits and reference designs. The Team Staccato Partner Program enables total solutions through alliances with industry leaders throughout the value chain. For more information, please visit www.staccatocommunications.com
About Teradyne
Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment used to test complex electronics used 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 3,900 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com. For more information about Teradyne TAG products and services, visit the Test Assistance Group web site at www.teradyne.com/tag.
Teradyne(R) and FLEX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teradyne, Inc. in the US and other countries. Staccato and Ripcord are trademarks of Staccato Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
