Design for perfection Load boards : Probe cards : PIB : Daughter Cards : Evaluation/Bench Boards : FPCB Caliber Interconnect Solution (Pvt) Ltd No 6 ,1st Street, Kavundampalayam, Coimbatore-30 India www.caliberinterconnect.com Company Confidential 1 Mission “Provide dependable solutions to the satisfaction of the customers through intensive R&D and proven quality control procedures using disciplined workforce.” Vision Developing and applying technological solutions to the benefits of the society that will not affect the safety and living standards of our future generations.” Quality Policy CALIBER INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED is committed to exceed customers expectations through timely delivery of cost effective quality designs through ever improving process and team work. Caliber Advantage Caliber is a ISO 9000 certified design house with 100 plus design and electrical simulation analysts • Depth of design & process knowledge that comes with decades of experience • A pool of high Caliber engineering professionals experienced in interconnect designing over 15 years with hands on experience over thousands of boards. • Capability of working in multiple EDA tools and expertise in developing automation tools using scripts for improving the design time and data accuracy Confidential Information 3 Caliber Advantage Caliber is a ISO 9000 certified design house with 100 plus design and electrical simulation analysts • In-house Signal Integrity Team to support and ensure critical signal's performance. SI team also helps to forsee issues in new technologies and hence reduce the Time to market • High level design expertise results in very short Lead Time • Highly Qualified and Experinced QC team to assure high Quality designs and hence ensure Zero error-tolerance • Internal CAM team ensures DFM and delivers final Gerbers for Manufacturing Confidential Information 4 We Work closely with ATE Test system vendors Test interface board vendors and design houses Test houses and socket manufacturers Probe card assembly and design houses IC packaging design, manufacturing and assembly houses Confidential Information 5 ATE Board Types Our ATE design services are exclusive for test interface board vendors ,designers and ATE test system manufacturers Load boards, Handler Interface Boards and Spider cards Probe cards & PIB (Probe Interface Boards) Bench Boards & Evaluation Boards Daughter cards (customized SUB boards for Load / Probe boards) Flexible PCBs (SUB boards in Probe cards to carry high speed signals, directly from Tester to Die) Confidential Information 6 Engineering Service Capabilities Ability to build a complete design even from wearouted information Internally maintained Library to assure error free Components and reduce time in creating redundant devices Internal state-of-art customized Routing tools for efficient and quick planning/routing (Which in turn helps to use the layers efficiently) Tailored SI/Electrical analysis from in-house SI team Dedicated planning/routing team capable of plan and route more than 1500 nets in a day Scripts and skill programs to customize the EDA tools to get beyond their capabilities Experienced to create Tester templates and complex Sockets from engineering drawings Confidential Information 7 Tester Platforms Caliber is expertise in a wide variety of ATE platforms • 93K • T6577 • T6575 • T6371/72/73 • T2000 • AL9740 • Catalyst • D10 • DiamondX • ETS • IntegraFlex • J750 (Ex) • LTX Fusion • MicroFlex • Nextest • Sapphire • ST6730 • UltraFlex • VLCT Confidential Information 8 Tools Explored Layout Tools • Cadence Allegro • Cadvance • Mentor Expedition • Mentor Pads • Zuken Cadstar • Protel DXP • Altium Designer • Pcad Schematic Tools • Concept HDL • Mentor Capture • Dxdesigner • Orcad capture • Powerlogic Confidential Information 9 Techs & Specs explored Interfaces explored over a ATE environment • • • • • • • DDR (2 & 3) USB PCIe SATA HDMI LVDS SerDes ...Not limited too... Confidential Information 10 Techs, Specs & Capabilities Experienced in Laser/Micro via for 0.4mm pitch BGAs 0.1mm minimum drill (Laser) Confidential Information 11 Techs, Specs & Capabilities Intercepting a board as a Test HW rather than a PCB • • • • • • Understanding the Tester Instrumentation Expertise in Force and Sense Concepts Ability to handle Power and Signal with integrity Mixed signal handling and Digital intense design ability Understanding the Shielding/guarding requirements Choosing Kelvin/star, chain and any topology for routing based on the circuit • Choosing delay tuning requirements and achieving them with almost 0 tolerance • Choosing configuration (Microstrip, Stripline and Dual Stripline) for interconnects based on Freq/noise level and functional group. ...Not limited too... Confidential Information 12 Techs, Specs & Capabilities Proven interconnect design (by simulation, in pre & post layout) to perform in 5 Ghz (10 Gbps) ...Return and insertion loss of an 11 inch trace... Confidential Information 13 Studying via stub effect for high frequency signals, based on this back drilling needs will be defined Via with stub - Both the RL and IL is affected when frequency is increased above 1 GHz Via without stub - Both the RL and IL is very much improved. Via impedance control using coupled vias are studied for high speed signals and implemented if needed Via with one ground via Via with two ground via Techs, Specs & Capabilities Other common practices include... • Multiple Laminate Designs (Hybrid Type, different dielectrics in a same design) • Boards with more than 1500 components and 3000 I/O nets • 50 layers of stackup achieved in 6.3 mm thickness • Differential Pairs (Broadside and Edge coupled) • Multiple interface technologies in a same design • Multiple Impedance control (45/50/90/100 ohm) in a same board (Impedance simulations will be provided for justification) ...Not limited too... Confidential Information 16 EDA to ATE Router (To Plan and Route) EDA TOOL (Allegro/Expedition/Ca dvance/Pads and others) Transferred through internally developed Software DXF or ASCII files ATE Router [The design is divided into multiple modules and thus multiple resources can work and reduce the time to delivery] Benefits of using ATERouter routing Design Time reduction Could confirm exact Layer count in earlier stage of routing itself State-of-art in-house LISP/Tools to speed up the process and to achieve High-Quality interconnects Service Highlights Get your test boards designed at Caliber • Caliber reduces your risk of investment on design infrastructure and resources • High quality boards designed at short duration for a low cost • Pool of experienced designers having experience in multiple EDA tools and • ATE Testers systems • Reduce your design time and increases the profit margin • Translator available for German ,French and Japanese. • Proven design process and quality assurance system Confidential Information 19 Caliber Benefit’s… “Proactive Approach” & “Value Addition” • High quality, cost effective solutions that meet stringent delivery demands • A pool of software engineers with sound exposure to the rudiments of engineering design • A work culture that embraces a multi-pronged approach to design and development of software using the perspectives of a cross functional team • Multiple domain expertise of the team to enable easy adaptation to versatile demands • Onsite and offshore development and service capabilities, thus assuring clients round the clock attention • Ability to scale up operations within short time frames • Fastest, most economical time-to-market solutions built on sound strategic initiatives • In-house developed tools and simulation software Confidential Information 20 A Few Case studies Confidential Information 21 Time to Deliver We continually work and improve our process to shorten the design time Complex designs having around 1500 components and more than 6000 I/O, PWR nets could be delivered in 6(best case) to 10(other case) working days Time to Deliver Simple designs having around 200 components and around 1500 I/O, PWR nets could be delivered in 3(best case) to 6(other case) working days. All the designs listed in the below case studies have been delivered in the above mentioned duration TEST BOARD CASE STUDIES LOAD BOARDS TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – LOAD BOARD • • • • • • • • • • MOTHER BOARD All connections are Dedicated routing 2.54 mm pitch DUT socket VHFAC,HSD,DC30,POOL instruments are used 50 Ohm controlled impedance Delay matching for HSD signals Pin mapping mentioned in the silk 24 layers Material:FR4 148 mils Board Thickness Confidential Information 25 TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – LOAD BOARD Single Site,812 pin BGA 0.8mm pitch, Mixed Signal Device SB6G,ULTRAPIN800,BBAC, DC30 Instruments were used Separate Force & return planes for HEXVS Powers with 2 Oz copper thickness Back Drilling for High speed signal vias 28 layers Material: ROGERS4350 & Nelco4000-13 SI 4.75mm Board Thickness Confidential Information 26 TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – LOAD BOARD • • • • • • • Single Site 1 mm pitch, 2304 pins BGA Loop back signals 50 & 100 Ohm controlled impedance 42 layers, RF connector, 2000 COMPONENTS used Material: ROGERs4350 & Nelco4000-13 SI 4.75mm Board Thickness Confidential Information 27 TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – LOAD BOARD • • • • • • • • Single Site,1348 pin BGA 1.0mm pitch, Mixed Signal Device 780 signals 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay matching for HSD signals 42 layers Material: Nelco4000-13SI, Rogers 4350 used for first 15 layers right from TOP 6.6 MM Board Thickness Confidential Information 28 TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – LOAD BOARD • • • • • • • • • Single Site, BCM8747-BGA-21x21 BGA 1mm pitch, Digital Device RELAY_ARJ20A12_12VDC 8GHZ_2FORMC Relays used RF connector used 50 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay matching 38 layers Material: Rogers 4003C outer dielectrics, inner is FR4. 4.75mm Board Thickness Confidential Information 29 ADVANTEST T6682– LOAD BOARD • • • • • • • SINGLE SITE BGA -985 PINS,1MM PITCH 500 NETS 50 ohm controlled impedance 26layers Material: Nelco-4000-13-SI 4.8mm Board Thickness Confidential Information 30 ADVANTEST T6573– LOAD BOARD • QUAD SITE • BGA 164 PINS,0.5MM PITCH • 50 ohm controlled impedance • 1500 COMPONENTS • 1800SIGNALS • 30 layers • Material: Nelco-4000-7-SI • 4.8mm Board Thickness Confidential Information 31 TERADYNE FLEX – LOAD BOARD Quad site 0.5mm pitch, Mixed signal Device VHFAC,HSD,DC30,POOL instruments are used 50 & 100 Ohm controlled impedance Delay Shape 334 30 matching for all signals shielding for all critical nets relays out of 1056 components layers Material:Nelco4000-13 5.08mm SI & FR4 Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd VERIGY 93K – LOAD BOARD Quad Site,356 pin BGA 0.8mm pitch, Mixed Signal Device 780 signals 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay matching for all signals Shape shielding for all critical nets 28 layers Material: 5mm Nelco4000-7 SI Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd CREDENCE SAPPHIRE – LOAD BOARD Quad Site,581 pin BGA 0.4mm pitch, Mixed Signal Device 1240 signals 20-D2064 instruments were used 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay matching for all signals Shape shielding for all critical nets Blind vias were used 32 layers Material: Nelco4000-13 SI 4.75mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd NEXTEST MAGNUM – LOAD BOARD 140 Sites 8 Pins/Site 840 signals 50 ohm controlled impedance Delay signals 140 26 matching for all powers layers Material:Fr4 6.35mm Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd Board Thickness LTX FUSION – LOAD BOARD Quad Site,432 pin BGA 1 mm pitch, Mixed Signal Device 784 signals 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay signals 36 matching for all layers Material: 4.75mm FR4 Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TERADYNE J750 - LOAD BOARD 32 Sites,30 pin SOIC 1.27 mm pitch, Mixed signal 804 signals 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay signals 966 38 matching for all components layers Material: 5.08mm FR4 Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TERADYNE CATALYST - LOAD BOARD Quad Site,441 pin BGA 0.65 mm pitch, Mixed signal 812 signals 50 & 100 Ohm Controlled Impedance Delay matching for all signals 392 Components 24 layers Material: FR4 4.75mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TEST BOARD CASE STUDIES PIB BOARDS VERIGY 93K – PROBE INTERFACE BOARD 1024 Pin Scale Configuration 2 HCDPS instruments are used 128 Utility Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals 48 DPS powers & 48 DPS return planes 2Oz copper thickness on HCDPS power planes Blind vias are used 24 layers 6.35mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TERADYNE FLEX – PROBE INTERFACE BOARD 4-HSD200,1MICROWAVE,1-VHFAC,1BBAC,1-POOL2 & 1-DC30 Instruments were used 128 Utility Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance POOL2 signals are routed with proper Guarding DC30 force & sense traces are routed as Kelvin routing 28 layers Material: Nelco-4000-7-SI 5.08mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TERADYNE ULTRAFLEX – PROBE INTERFACE BOARD 8-Ultrapin800,1-BBAC,2- DC30 & 2-HEXVS Instruments were used 1024 signals delay matching within +/-0.250” 128 Utility Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance DC30 force & sense traces are routed as Kelvin routing Separate Force & return planes for HEXVS Powers with 2 Oz copper thickness 32 layers Material: Nelco-4000-13-SI 4.75mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TEST BOARD CASE STUDIES PROBE CARD TERADYNE J750 – PROBE CARD Vertical cobra probe card 49 pin WLCSP 16 Sites 784 channels 50 ohm controlled impedance 64 powers 512 components 24 layers Material: FR4 6.35mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd VERIGY5400 – PROBE CARD Vertical probe card 36 pins\Die 143 Sites(11X13 Grid) 3575 Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals 286 powers segmentation in 6 layers 44 layers Material: Polymide 6.35mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd FOS8000 – PROBE CARD Vertical probe card 18 pins\Die 556 Sites 1472 Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals 556 powers segmentation in 16 layers 56 layers Material:Fr4 6.35mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd ADVANTEST 5377 – PROBE CARD Vertical probe card 24 pins\Die 432 Sites 3698 Signals 50 ohm controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals 432 powers segmentation in 12 layers 56 layers Material:Fr4 6.35mm Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd Board Thickness ADVANTEST T6373 – PROBE CARD Universal Cantilever Probe card 2092 signals 128 differential pairs 50 ohm & 100 controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals Diff pair length matching +/-1mils Dual stripline layer configuration 32 layers Material: HI TEMP FR4 6.35mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd VERIGY 93K – PROBE CARD 9.5” Cantilever Probe card 768 signals 200 differential pairs 50 ohm & 100 controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals Diff pair length matching +/-5mils Trace shielding for all diff pairs 22 layers Material:Fr4 4.75mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd TERADYNE CATALYST – PROBE CARD Cantilever Probe card 660 signals 50 ohm & 100 controlled impedance Delay signals matching for all Diff pair length matching +/-5mils Trace pairs 28 shielding for all diff layers Material:Fr4 4.75mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd CREDENCE SAPPHIRE – PROBE CARD Cantilever Probe card 976 signals 50 ohm & 100 controlled impedance Delay matching for all signals Diff pair length matching +/-5mils Shape pairs 22 shielding for all diff layers 5mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd CUSTOMIZED PROBECARDS 256 Probe lands 4 layer board Material: HI TEMP FR4/Polymide High temperature & Cold Probing 1.6mm Board Thickness Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd CUSTOMIZED PROBECARDS Caliber Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd Thank You HEAD OFFICE No.6 Gandhi Nagar 1stStreet,Kavundampalayam Coimbatore -641 030 TamilNadu, India BRANCH OFFICE B8-307 Arekera Mico Layout, Bannargatta Road, Bangalore –560078 Karnataka, India BRANCH OFFICE 10th Cross street C.L.R.I NAGAR, Neelankarai TamilNadu, India For more info Visit www.caliberinterconnect.com (Or) sales@caliberinterconnect.com Confidential Information 54 Thank you For more info please contact sales@caliberinterconnect.com