DDi has expanded into the ATE/BIB market by acquiring new equipment, talent, and capabilities. This will allow them to produce specialized multi-layer boards for semiconductor testing from 30-60+ layers with tight tolerances. A dual site approach and new leaders in process engineering strengthen DDi's ability to support high-end ATE customers.
1. DDi ATE / BIB
Technology Overview
June 25, 2009
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3. ATE/BIB Market Opportunities
• DDi has been focused on the ATE and BIB market segment for some
time. We have been working with our customers to understand their
demand and technology requirements in this market sector.
• This market is important to DDi as we are always seeking to expand
our product offerings and leverage existing customer relationships
• We recently announced that we have extended our capabilities and
capacity with the acquisition of key capital and human assets to
support the high end ATE market
• This market requires specialized equipment and processing expertise
in the following areas:
– Material movement and layer to layer registration
– Lamination process controls
– High aspect ratio drilling and positional accuracy
– High aspect ratio electroless and electrolytic copper plating
– Very tight hole to copper tolerances
– Understanding of customer’s design rules and requirements
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4. Semiconductor Manufacturers
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5. Multiple Levels of Semiconductor Testing
1. Probe Cards Wafer Level Testing
2. THB Boards Package Level Testing
3. ATE Boards Package Level Testing
New Market
Opportunities
Package Level Testing
4. Burn-in Boards
5. System Boards
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6. Probe Card PCB’s
Semiconductor Wafer Level Testing
Electroglas
Wafer Prober
12” Silicon Wafer Close-Up Prober Manufacturers:
Aehr Test Electroglas
MicroTec Tokyo Electron
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7. THB - HAST PCB’s
THB - Temperature, Humidity, Bias testing is a reliability test designed to accelerate
metal corrosion, particularly that of the metallization on the die surface of the device.
HAST - Highly Accelerated Temperature/Humidity Stress Test. It was developed as
a shorter alternative to THB testing.
Trio Tech 6000X
Pressurized Humidity Test Systems
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8. ATE PCB’s
Packaged Semiconductor Testing
Test Equipment Boards have a number of names:
1. ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) Boards
2. DUT (Device Under Test) Boards
3. Performance Boards
4. Load Boards
Teradyne Tester Use or disclosure of information contained on this page is
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9. Burn In Board (BIB) PCB’s
Packaged IC Burn-in
Three types of Burn-in
1. Static Burn-in
2. Dynamic Burn-in
3. Test & Burn-in
Micro Control Oven
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10. Introducing New Team Members
• John Papagni, Director ATE/BIB Technology, brings 30 years of
experience to DDi. Prior to joining DDi John was President and
CEO of Technitron, a leading producer of PCB’s for the
ATE/BIB market
• Armando Ceballos, Production Manager, will be responsible for
production training and manufacturing coordination of the
ATE/BIB product line, Armando brings 25+ years of experience
to DDi.
• Keith Lal, Senior Drill Technician, will be responsible for driving
drill technology and critical processing steps into the day to
day operations at DDi. Keith has 20+ years experience in high
aspect ratio precision drill processing of ATE/BIB PCB’s
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11. DDi ATE Market Support
• Dual site approach
– Milpitas with additional equipment and engineering support
– Anaheim by leveraging current technology and expertise
– Share synergies site to site
• In Milpitas…DDi has acquired, installed, and certified the following
specialized equipment assets:
– Lamination tooling for oversized panels
– PLC controlled lamination press for tight tolerance heat rise
parameters
– High aspect ratio Electroless copper plating line
– Large Format photo printer for oversized panels
– Solder mask developer with high pressure rinse
– High speed multi-spindle drill machines for high aspect ratio
drilling
• In Anaheim…DDi has transitioned flip drill technology and high aspect
ratio pulse plating capability for this product set
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12. Equipment – Lam Press
Lauffer “PLC Controlled” Hot Oil Press
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13. Equipment – Pluritec & Router
Pluritec Inspecta X-Ray
Drill Position Optimizer
PDA Router
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14. Equipment – Hitachi Drill Machines
Five Additional Hitachi’s
(Eight Total)
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15. Equipment – Exposure & Planarizer
Large Format photo printer
MASS Planarizer
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16. Equipment – Electroless
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17. Equipment – SM Developer
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18. Equipment – Testers
Three Additional
Flying Probe
Electrical Testers
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19. ATE Design Guidelines
• ‘DDi Standard'
DDi’s current everyday capability with no premium.
• ‘DDi Advanced' = DDi’s current everyday capability
with a small premium
• ‘DDi Engineering' = product DDi has experience with
and can build on request with a significant premium
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20. ATE Design Guidelines
Standard Advanced Engineering
Layer Count Up to 30 layers 32 to 40 42 to 60
External Trace 0.003" 0.0025" 0.002"
External Space 0.003" 0.0025" 0.002"
Trace & Space Internal Trace 0.003" 0.0025" 0.002"
Internal Space 0.003" 0.0025" 0.002"
Drill Diameter 0.006" 0.006“ & 0.005” 0.004"
Drilled Via Size Pad Diameter 0.010" 0.008" 0.005"
0.004" drill 32:1
Aspect Ratio 0.006" drill 20:1 32:1
0.008" drill 25:1 32:1
0.125" 0.200" > 0.250”
PCB Thickness 0.187" 0.250"
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21. ATE Design Guidelines
Standard Advanced Engineering
Min Outer 1/2 oz 3/8 oz 1/4 oz
Copper Weights Min Inner 1/2 oz 3/8 oz 3/8 oz
Max Inner 1 oz 2 oz 3 & 4 oz
Max Outer 2 oz 3 & 4 oz 5 oz
N4000-13 EP
Materials Isola 370 HR N4000-13EP SI Rogers 4000
Nelco 4000-29 Polyimide
18" x 24" 16" X 18" 24" x 36"
21" x 26" 14" X 26" 26" x 30"
Panel Sizes
24" x 26" 18" x 30"
21" x 24" 24" x 30"
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22. ATE Design Guidelines
Standard Advanced Engineering
FaradFlex™
Embedded Passives BC2000™ Ceramic Filled
Dupont HK04
E-Less Gold
Electrolytic Gold, OSP ENEPIG
Surface Finishes Lead Free HASL, ENIG Multiple
Immersion Silver, Immersion Tin Finishes
Solder Mask Clearance +/- 0.0025" +/- 0.0020" +/- 0.001"
Solder Mask Opening 0.008" 0.006" 0.005"
Via Fill/Cap Plate
Non-CVF = Non-Conductive Via Fill 0.008" 0.006" 0.004"
CVF = Conductive Via Fill Non-CVF & CVF Non-CVF & CVF Non-CVF
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23. ATE Design Guidelines
Standard Advanced Engineering
Drill-to-Copper 0.007" 0.006" 0.005"
Min A/R Drill + 0.008" Drill + 0.006" Drill + 0.004"
Tangency
Circuit to PCB edge 0.025" 0.010" 0.008”
Plane to PCB edge 0.025" 0.010" 0.008”
Routing Tolerance +/- 0.005" +/- 0.004" +/- 0.002”
Edge of hole barrel 0.025" 0.020" 0.016”
to PCB Edge
Solder Mask Dam 0.004" min 0.003" min 0.0025” min
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24. ATE Design Guidelines
Standard Advanced Engineering
Blind Mechanical Vias 0.006” 0.005” 0.004”
Buried Mechanical Vias 0.006” 0.005” 0.004”
Laser Drilled Microvias 0.006” 0.005” 0.004”
Mechanical Depth Drilled Vias 0.5:1 0.75:1 1:1
Back Drill Yes Yes Yes
Back Drill Depth Tolerance +/- 0.004" +/- 0.003" +/- 0.002"
Stacked Microvias 1+1 2+2 3+3 4+4
Copper Filled Microvias Yes Yes Yes
Conductive Via Fill Yes Yes Yes
Non Conductive Via Fill Yes Yes Yes
Impedance Control +/- 10% +/- 8% +/- 5%
Sequential Lamination Yes Yes Yes
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25. Micro section picture from 30 layer ATE PCB
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26. Micro section picture from 30 layer ATE PCB
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27. In Summary
• The ATE/BIB market segment has been on our radar for some
time as it extends our level of support to our existing customer
base
• Recent activities have allowed us to support the high end of the
ATE technology spectrum
• Dual site approach minimizes the risk to customer and allows
for site to site synergies
• The acquisition of key talent and specialized equipment set has
enabled DDi to shorten the process development time to
support the high end market
• DDi is committed to supporting a broad spectrum of PCB
products used by a multitude of customers and this product set
will expand our offering in both regards
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