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Section 3: Common Device Characterization Tests Model 4200-SCS User’s Manual
How to perform reliability (stress-measure) tests on my device
Connecting devices for stress / measure cycling
Devices that are stress / measure cycled in parallel are connected through a
switch matrix. Figure 3-49 shows an example of such connections for an HCI
evaluation.
Figure 3-49
Stress / measure wiring example
4210-
SMU
5
Ground
Unit
D
uring Characterization of Each Transistor
Vds = SMU3
Vgs = SMU1
Vbb = SMU2
Vss = Ground Unit
During Stress
SMU1 = Common Gate
SMU2 = Common Substrate
SMU3 = All Drains at 3.5 Volts
SMU4 = All Drains at 4.0 Volts
SMU5 = All Drains at 4.5 Volts
4200-SCS
Switch Matrix
8 ´ 36 (Three cards in
Mainframe)
4
210-
SMU
4
4210-
SMU
3
4210-
SMU
2
4210-
SMU
1
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6 Cables
6 Cables
6 Cables
6 Cables