Nov 27 2012
Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and burn-in equipment, today announced it has received over $2 million in follow-on production orders for its burn-in and test systems from multiple leading manufacturers of advanced logic integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive applications.
"The follow-on orders show that the burn-in and test process using Aehr Test's systems are cost effective for reliability screening of a wide range of ICs for the automotive market," said Carl Buck, vice president of marketing at Aehr Test Systems. "ICs used by the auto manufacturers need to meet strict quality and reliability standards. Burn-in screening is an essential process for meeting the 'zero parts per million' failure rate required by leading auto manufacturers.
"The burn-in process is used both for production for complex devices and for qualification for virtually all new automotive ICs," Buck continued. "A typical HTOL (high temperature operating life) qualification stresses several hundred devices at 125C to 150C for 1000 hours."
According to IC Insights, a leading semiconductor research company, IC usage for automotive applications including engine control, navigation, infotainment, communications, battery management and sensors is projected to outpace the total IC market and have a compound annual growth rate over 20% greater than the IC market as a whole for the next 5 years.
"We are seeing increasing capacity needs for our ABTSTM products in both production burn-in and device qualifications due to the growth in the automotive and mobility markets," Buck concluded.