We offer small group, hands-on educational classes focused on teaching the advanced concepts needed for proficient RF probe station measurements. Theory and proper measurement techniques are reinforced with hands-on learning. We also offer mentorship and consulting days where customers bring their wafer and our engineers work with them to properly characterize their wafer. Our instructors can tailor the instruction to specific topics such as skate, probe cleaning, calibration techniques, de-embedding, design.
Our facility has classroom seating for 8 students and a lab equipped with 2 semi-automatic probe stations for students to learn on. Large 55-inch screens and multiple cameras help facilitate learning.
Current RF probing Class Course Outline (6 hours)
(2 hours)
- Transmission line basics
- S Parameters
- Smith Charts – what are they and why use them
- RF Test Cables – what is a good cable and how to test them
- Understanding VNA architecture
- Error models
- Calibration techniques
- Fixture Design
- De- Embedding
(2 hours)
- On wafer RF probe introduction
- Probes and probe considerations
- Proper probe touchdowns (planarity, skate, backlash)
- Probe cleaning and best practices
- On wafer calibration techniques
- On wafer calibration validation
(2 hours)
- Live measurements on a probe station
- Portable probe station available for off-site training
- Personalized mentorship for each student.