Keysight Introduces High Density Source Measure Unit to Speed Semiconductor Characterization
July 11 2023 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
- Speeds time-to-market with flexible software options,
simplified system integration and synchronization, and
application-specific measurement capabilities
- Scalable, compact solution that gives digital development
engineers up to 20 source measure unit channels in a 1U form
factor
- Reduces costs by integrating pulser and digitizer functions
with conventional source and measure functions for an all-in-one
solution
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) introduces the PZ2100
Series High-Channel Density Precision Source Measure Unit (SMU)
Solution, a new SMU solution giving digital development engineers
20 precision SMU channels within a 1U rack space to speed the
characterization of integrated circuit (IC) designs.
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The Keysight PZ2100 Series High-Channel
Density Precision Source Measure Unit (SMU) Solution provides
digital development engineers 20 precision SMU channels within a 1U
rack space to speed the characterization of integrated circuit
designs. (Photo: Business Wire)
While innovation cycles are shortening and digital standards are
evolving, designing a semiconductor component or device and
delivering it to market remains a time-intensive, technical
process. Digital development engineers must connect and test
multiple ports on a single device-under-test (DUT) throughout the
design cycle to troubleshoot and characterize the performance of
the IC. Without high-density, automated characterization solutions,
engineers risk slowing their delivery timelines as they validate
with complex, multiport designs using complicated and low-density
test setups.
Keysight’s PZ2100 Series SMU addresses this risk by giving
design engineers a high-density SMU solution that is scalable to 20
SMU channels in a compact 1U rack configuration. The solution also
speeds time-to-market with flexible software options, simplified
system integration and synchronization, and application-specific
measurement capabilities, allowing them to focus more time on
characterization and less on synchronization.
The PZ2100 Series SMU delivers the following benefits:
- Single-box solution – Saves time by simplifying channel
stacking and synchronization to remove integration and coding
complexity. The user-friendly GUI accelerates test prototyping,
debugging, and troubleshooting while the PathWave IV Curve
Measurement software enables quick measurements and synchronization
without programming.
- Scalable, compact, and flexible – Saves rack space by
offering up to 20 SMU channels in a valuable 1U full-width form
factor that does not require cooling spacers when stacked.
Available in five SMU module options that are configurable and
upgradeable.
- All-in-one SMU module – Reduces cost by integrating
pulser and digitizer functions with conventional SMU functions,
such as precise DC voltage and current sourcing and measuring to
meet emerging requirements without additional instruments.
Toshio Kimura, General Manager for Furukawa Electric's Next
Generation Components Development Department, Next Generation
Photonics Business Innovation Project Team, said: “By embedding
Keysight's PZ2100 High-Channel Density Precision SMU into our test
system, it increases our test throughput for developing and
mass-producing optical components for broadband, long-distance
transmission. In addition, it helps us reduce our test system
footprint with up to 20 channels of SMUs installed in a 1U rack
space. This flexible, scalable, and modular solution can also
accommodate future test needs, helping to reduce overall test
costs. Keysight's extensive product portfolio and metrology
expertise drives our business success, allowing us to continue to
lead the optical component industry.”
Carol Leh, Vice President and General Manager for Keysight's
Electronic Industrial Solutions Group's Center of Excellence,
said: "With options that scale up to 20 SMU channels, the
PZ2100 Series offers five times more channel density than
equivalent SMUs, making it the highest channel density SMU in a 1U
form factor in the market. Combine this with the PathWave IV Curve
software for quick, programming-free IV measurements, and you have
a solution that allows you to focus more of your time on actual
characterization and less time on synchronization and system
bring-up."
Resources
- Keysight PZ2100 Series High-Channel Density Precision Source
Measure Unit
- Keysight University PZ2100 SMU Learning Resources
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to
bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500
company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and
test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with
less risk, throughout the entire product lifecycle. We’re a global
innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial
automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and
general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and
secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and
www.keysight.com.
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