Frenchtown, N.J. – Aries Electronics' new RF center probe test socket features a floating guide plate with built-in hard stops to protect the probes and eliminate damage to the package leads. The ...

Frenchtown, N.J. — Aries Electronics has introduced a new center probe RF test socket designed specifically for use with Delta handlers. The new test sockets incorporate built-in, replaceable, ...

Ironwood Electronics has released a new spring pin test socket for DFN2 packages. The socket is engineered to support up to ...

Smiths Interconnect, a leading provider of innovative solutions for critical semiconductor test applications, and a business of Smiths Group, is pleased to announce that its patented, state-of-the-art ...

Advanced AI/CPU processors demand extreme high frequency and power performance from SLT and ATE test sockets. These sockets are in the critical path at the end of a very costly silicon fabrication and ...

Playing a crucial interconnect role in integrated circuits and semiconductor testing, test sockets, aka package probes, serve the role of connecting a device and its tester. IC sockets are categorized ...

The pogo-pin based ET 2300 socket system operates at frequencies up to 23 GHz with an insertion loss of -1 dB. It allows users to test and debug any BGA, QFN, or other custom packages with lead ...

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 ...

DesignCon, the United States' premier annual gathering for chip, board, and systems design engineers, returns to the Santa Clara Convention Center from4-26, 2026. For over three decades, this flagship ...

Smiths Interconnect has created an IC test socket for high-speed testing of 350μm minimum pitch devices. Smiths Interconnect has created an IC test socket for high-speed testing of 350μm minimum pitch ...

The first use for these materials: Ensuring super-dense ICs pass final QA. "The first generation of material used to build test sockets was based on Vespel SP-1 (polyimide). This was replaced by ...