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Probe Card
Manager Option
K E I T H L E Y ' S
N E W
Is probe card management just on the tester queries and updates the probe card information
P R O B E
and saves it on the EEPROM. This information travels with the
one more headache? card when it is time to swap it out for a different type or
Probe cards are expensive and keeping track of them is time remove it for cleaning, realignment, or other preventive main-
consuming. Ineffective card management methods like paper tenance. Using supplied software, the tester can be
C A R D
records can be very costly in terms of lost production due to programmed to query a probe card automatically before start-
unplanned tool shutdowns, invalid data from misprobing, ing a test plan, then stop test initiation if the wrong probe card
troubleshooting time, and unnecessary preventive mainte- is being used for the test plan or the probe card requires main-
tenance. In this way, the PCM package minimizes unplanned
M A N A G E R
nance service. Keithley's Probe Card Manager (PCM)
hardware/software package automates managing probe card tool downtime and the cost of re-probing. The information it
inventories. Designed for S600 Series testers running the provides simplifies tailoring the card's PM schedule to the type
Keithley Test Environment (Version 4.2 or higher), the PCM of process or test plan. It also eliminates the cost of pulling the
option can be specified for new cards and testers or retro-fit on card out of service prematurely.
existing ones.
How much can Keithley's Probe
Wish there was an easier way to Card Manager save you?
track preventive maintenance? Many factors will affect your actual savings, including the
An EEPROM device attached to each probe card lets the tester number of testers and unplanned shutdowns you have now,
identify individual cards and count probe touchdowns. It's your processes and test recipes, the cost and frequency of
simple to track each card independently because all ID preventive maintenance, and the size of your probe card inven-
information and touchdown counts are stored on this on- tory. However, an early adopter of the package has estimated
board chip. One counter tracks touchdowns during the current that PCM will save them more than $600,000 per year by elimi-
maintenance cycle; a second one records the card's lifetime nating unplanned tool downtime, foregoing unnecessary
touchdown count. The Probe Card Manager software running preventive maintenance, and improving tester utilization.
A G R E A T E R M E A S U R E O F C O N F I D E N C E
PCM and S600