Test Program Development with STS and LabVIEW Course

The Test Program Development with STS and LabVIEW Course delivers hands-on training for setting up and using a Semiconductor Test System (STS) to communicate with a device under test (DUT). The course will follow the typical semiconductor test workflow and milestones, which includes tight interaction with corresponding hardware. After completing this course, a test engineer will be able to use STS tester resources interactively to create, modify, execute, and debug test programs with pre-existing code modules to collect test data and test time reports.

Course Details:

Test Program Development with STS and LabVIEW Course Outline

LessonOverviewTopics
System OverviewThis lesson introduces the NI Semiconductor Test System (STS).
  • Introduction
  • System overview
  • Safety requirements and specifications
Exploring NI STS InstrumentationThis lesson introduces the STS instrumentation and resources, their specifications, functionalities and purposes.
  • Recognizing tester instrumentation and resources
  • Exploring system specifications
  • Identifying STS Instrumentation
  • Calibration in STS
Create STS ProjectThis lesson explains how to use the Create STS Project Tool.
  • What is the create sts project tool?
  • Exploring created files
Mapping STS Hardware to DUT PinsThis lesson covers how to create and modify a pin map.
  • What is a pin map?
  • Reviewing tester configuration and load board schematics
  • Mapping measurement requirements
  • Modifying the pin map
Exploring the Digital Pattern InstrumentThis lesson covers how to perform DUT control and digital tests using the Digital Pattern Editor.
  • Exploring the architecture and features of digital pattern instrument
  • Using the digital pattern editor
Validating DUT BehaviorThis lesson covers how to bring-up the device, interactively control tester resources, and implement simple tests.
  • Using Device Interface Board to interface with the DUT
  • Checking continuity and measuring leakage current
  • DUT bring-up
Creating and Bursting Digital PatternsThis lesson illustrates how to create, load, and burst basic digital patterns.
  • Learning vector - based patterns
  • Creating basic digital patterns to communicate with the DUT
  • Converting digital patterns
Exploring the STS Software Development EnvironmentThis lesson teaches how to add steps to the test sequence or call a prewritten code module.
  • Exploring the test sequence file
  • Adding steps to a test sequence
  • Creating test steps
  • Configuring step settings
  • Configuration based templates versus custom code modules
  • Controlling TestStand execution
Configuring Test Program and StepsThis lesson explains test step templates and how to modify test limits, configure binning, execute test program, and report the results.
  • Using step templates
  • Setting test limits
  • Creating test configurations
  • Binning
  • Executing a test program in the test development environment
  • Understanding test results and reporting
DebuggingThis lesson covers how to debug devices, signals, and the test sequence.
  • Test program debugging
  • Debugging scenarios
  • Benchmarking test time
  • Using the InstrumentStudio for debugging
  • Using the digital pattern editor for debugging
Using the STS Operator InterfaceThis lesson covers how to run a test program in the operator interface (OI) and acquire socket time.
  • Exploring the OI features
  • Configure stations and lot settings from the OI
  • Running a test sequence from the OI
  • OI indicators, fields, and functions
  • Viewing test results and reports

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