High yields depend on reliable measurement
A Keithley Instruments product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 2, 2004
Paul Meyer explains how to improve test accuracy and throughput for optoelectronic components with specifically designed automated test instruments.
Paul Meyer explains how to improve test accuracy and throughput for optoelectronic components with specifically designed automated test instruments.
Automated testing is essential for controlling optoelectronic component costs and reliability.
If instruments do not deliver reliable measurements, investments in production test automation may be wasted.
Instrument reliability means more than long service life; it includes consistently high accuracy at high throughput rates, and data delivery that facilitates detection of yield problems.
Instruments that fail to supply these attributes can have a negative impact as significant as other automation equipment failures.
Component reliability parallels measurement reliability.
It is easy to detect a total failure in either one.