Marvin Test Solutions combines it's DIO PXI products with Rohde's VNA and RF switch to form a complete 5G semiconductor test system.
As 5G moves into deployment, base stations, small cells, handsets, and industrial devices will need ICs that conform to standards. Getting those parts into the supply chain means IC manufacturers need automated test systems. Testing of radios, beamformers, amplifiers, and other parts operating at 28 GHz and 39 GHz as well as in the under 6 GHz bands requires vector-network analyzers (VNA) and digital I/O. In 5G test gears up, we noted that ATE companies are getting into the 5G game. Marvin Test Solutions has entered the arena by teaming up with Rohde & Schwarz on an ATE system for 5G ICs.
The system, to be called TS 900e-5G, brings together several major components:
Figure 1 shows the inside of the system, including cabling to the DUT interface.
“Semiconductor test for 5G is ramping up,” said Marvin Test’s Jim Fraine. “This system combines a 24-port, 40 GHz VNA with our PXI digital I/O for communicating with the DUT.” A Rohde & Schwarz OSP320 RF switch connects the VNA to the test head and the DUT. The switch lets test engineers perform two-tone intermodulation distortion (IMD) testing. “We now have cabling and fixturing to 40 GHz for production test.” Figure 2 shows the instrumentation located under the test head.