FormFactor - Cascade Custom Probe Systems - Comprehensive technical and application know-how for challenging applications
Customized Solutions for a Variety of Challenging Applications
We are your partner for challenging applications. Our comprehensive technical and application know-how over all probe system platforms and our expertise for customized products is based on an extensive experience over many years. We offer a special demo support in-house or at the customer, as well as after sales support for complicated setups.
Customization Examples

Waveguide with customized bracket

300 mm chuck with large tweezer pocket

RF positioner with micrometer screws

Double-side setup for emission microscopy

Combined microscope movement for scope and black body

mmW setup with North/South positioner platform
More Product Information
- Substrate material: High-resistivity silicon
- Substrate thickness: 275 µm
- Dielectric constant: 11.8
- Nominal Z0: 50 Ω
- Choice of Series resistance or Termination (signal line to ground)
- Use of High Performance RF Resistors
- Choice of Resistor values available
- Choice of body styles, Infinity, ACP or FPC
- Can help to stabilize oscillations in high-gain devices
- Impedance match to low dynamic resistance laser diodes
- Custom configured for your application
- Small: complete, compact system with embedded closed-loop controls. Less than half the size and one-fourth the weight of comparable systems.
- NO external control board is needed.
- Precise: 0.5μm position resolution with six millimeters of travel.
- Low voltage, low power use: runs on 3.3V input, holds position with power off.
- Simple system integration: accepts high-level motion commands DIRECTLY from your system processor, over standard serial interface (I2C or SPI).
- Flexible system, fast time to market: the M3 platform is designed for rapid customization. Modules are configurable for single- or multi-axis motion and travel up to 20 mm.
- Full configuration and performance testing according to Y.1564
- Complete validation of Ethernet service-level agreements (SLAs) in a single test
- Multiple protocols supported per UNI (Ethernet, Customer and Service VLANs, MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, and UDP)
- Define Per-UNI or per-CoS bandwidth profiles, and specify CoS-to-DSCP mapping
- Support for different network topologies and traffic flow directions
- High performance power bypassing provides low-impedance and resonant-free connections to 20 GHz
- RF bandwidth to 500 MHz
- Long probe life: > 250,000 contacts
- Beryllium-copper tips for gold pads or tungsten for aluminum pads
- Oscillation-free testing of wide-bandwidth analog circuits
- Use with ACP series probes to provide functional at-speed testing for known-good-die
- Mix multiple contact types: Ground, Power (Standard or Eye-Pass), Logic/Signal
- Low and repeatable contact resistance on aluminum pads ( < 0.25 Ω on Al, < 0.01 Ω on Au)
- High ENR
- Wide frequency range
- Custom frequencies available
The NC3600 Series coaxial noise sources are an excellent choice for applications requiring high ENR, such as ATE, radiometer, and radar systems.
An SMA male connector is standard for the RF output and feed thrus for bias input. SMA female is an option. Custom frequencies and flatness available. Contact the factory with your request.
High-voltage/current Probes
- On-wafer power device characterization up to 10,000 V DC / 600 A
- Reduced probe and device destruction at high currents up to 20 A DC and 300 A pulse
- Increased isolation resistance and dielectric strength to provide full triaxial capability at high voltage (3,000 V) for low-leakage measurement
- Support for the highest speeds available in CoaXPress 2.0
- Connect to and capture from up to four cameras or combine connections for even higher data rates
- Simplify cabling with PoCXP support between cameras and vision computer
- Offload host computer of custom image processing using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device
- Distribute image processing workload across multiple computers through data forwarding capability
- Synchronize with sensors, encoders, and controllers with ample auxiliary I/Os for each CoaXPress connection
- Use license fingerprint for Aurora Imaging Library and avoid the need for a separate hardware key
- Monitor and troubleshoot acquisition performance in detail using Aurora Gecho event-logging tool
9 ppm AC/DC multifunction calibrator for multimeters , power meters and generally all kinds of electric meters. Implementing modular design, 9010+ can be further customized to calibrate oscilloscopes, insulation testers, sources and transducers.
- 9 ppm accuracy
- 400 MHz and 1.1 GHz scope options
- Power quality functions, voltage from current
FormFactor, Inc.
FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORM) is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full IC life cycle – from characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test.
We constantly strive to help our customers solve the advanced test and measurement challenges of the broader semiconductor industry. Our focus on customer partnership, innovation, agility and operational excellence allows us to earn sustainable business every day.