EDN

Test your BGA device with an ultra-small socket

Ironwood Electronics has released a new test socket for BGA devices; it features a clamshell lid design for ease of chip replacement in the production environment. Besides final production test, the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Enhancing Test Socket Performance Through Application-Specific Validation And System-Level Per-Pin OQC

As semiconductor devices continue to advance, the demand for reliable, high-performance test sockets has never been greater. Yet, traditional socket design validation methods—such as per-pin ...
EDN

Test socket for memory chips comes with a floating guide

Ironwood Electronics has released a new socket for testing BGA devices like DDR4 memory chips. The SBT-BGA-7051 test socket features a floating guide for precise ball-to-pin alignment. Simply place ...
Digi Times

WinWay emerges as world's top test socket supplier in the AI boom

WinWay Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of semiconductor test interface solutions, has emerged as the world's largest supplier of test sockets, riding the wave of accelerating demand for ...
Electronic Design

High-Performance Elastomer Socket for 0.5-mm-Pitch BGAs

Ironwood Electronics introduced a new high-performance elastomer socket for 0.5-mm-pitch ball-grid-array (BGA) packages. The CG15-BGA-1003 socket is designed for a 10- x 5.7-mm package size. It ...
Electronic Design

ATE Socket for QFN40

Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new QFN socket design using high performance elastomer capable of 60+ GHz, very low inductance for ATE applications. The GTP-QFN-1001 socket is designed for ...