Author Archives: Cascade Microtech

Techniques for Validating a VNA Calibration with Microwave Probes

At the IMS2011 (International Microwave Symposium) show in Baltimore last year, our own Craig Kirkpatrick spoke about different techniques for validating a VNA calibration when using microwave probes.… [View More]

Tesla On-Wafer Probing – Three Common Questions

We get asked a number of questions about our Tesla on-wafer probing system, so we thought we’d share three of the most common, along with the answers. 1. How does the Tesla system handle such hi… [View More]

Wafer-Level RF MEMS Device Characterization in a Cryogenic Environment

Due to their intrinsic multi-physics nature, MEMS components and devices require very strict, demanding working ambient conditions. This is typically ensured by specific and often very demanding and e… [View More]

Challenges with Aluminum Pad Probing

Devices with aluminum pads are much more difficult to probe than devices with gold pads, which are typically on III-V semiconductors. The productivity of characterization engineers is sig­nificant… [View More]

Protecting Wafer Probe Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

If you’re a probe customer, or thinking of becoming one, we want to make sure that you are not only completely satisfied with your on-wafer probe, but that you’re positioned to maximize yo… [View More]

Join us in Anaheim at the International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS)

Cascade Microtech will be exhibiting at IRPS (International Reliability Physics Symposium) in Anaheim on April 17-19. Cascade Microtech will showcase accurate 1/f and RTS noise measurement solutions. … [View More]