GaAs IC technology in ATE applications

Author

Armstrong, A.

Author_Institution

Vitesse Semicond. Corp., Camarillo, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

17-20 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Gallium arsenide is a key enabling technology for high-performance automatic test equipment. GaAs ICs have been widely used in mainstream production and characterization testers for high-speed applications in logic, memory, and mixed signal test. Because of their high speed, precise timing accuracy, and high levels of integration, GaAs ICs have displaced silicon in many applications and have been successfully used in the entire digital channel from timing generators and sequencers to pin electronics.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; automatic test equipment; digital instrumentation; digital integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; high-speed integrated circuits; integrated circuit technology; timing; ATE applications; GaAs; GaAs IC technology; automatic test equipment; digital channel; high-performance ATE; pin electronics; sequencers; timing accuracy; timing generators; Accuracy; Application specific integrated circuits; Gallium arsenide; Logic testing; Microprocessors; Propagation delay; Semiconductor device manufacture; System testing; System-on-a-chip; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

ISSN

1064-7775

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5585-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GAAS.1999.803719

Filename

803719