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
- 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.
Flexibility
- Ideal for a wide range of applications such as RF, mm-Wave and sub-THz characterization, FA, DWC, MEMS, optoelectronic tests and WL
- Re-configurable and upgradable as requirements grow
- Minimizes setup times with no loss in performance or accuracy
- Seamless integration of various measurement instruments
Stability
- Solid station frame
- Built-in vibration-isolation solution for superior vibration attenuation
- Rigid microscope bridge
- Compact and rigid mechanical design
- Highly accurate measurement results
- Incorporates best-known methods
Ease of Use
- Ergonomic and straightforward design for comfortable and easy operation
- Low-profile design
- Simple microscope operation
- Quick and ergonomic change of DUT through pull-out stage
- Minimize training efforts
- Fast time to data
- Convenient operation
- A real-time diagnostic tool supports EMC/EMI debugging.
- Fast visualize EMC/EMI problems.
- Enables easy comparison of countermeasures before and after.
- Capable of measurement from entire products to single components.
- Factor-editor function provides correction of antenna characteristics, cable loss and preamplifier.
- User friendly compact design.
- Customer supplied spectrum and probes acceptable (Please consult)
Next Generation Wafer Probing
- Continues the Infinity family’s Industry leading electrical performance
- High temperature capability (175° C +) for automotive device characterization and other applications
- Better tip visibility for enhanced placement accuracy and repeatability
- Improved tip life/durability with solid rhodium contacts
- New tip architecture enables support for narrower pitches (e.g. 25um)
- Advanced mechanical design combined with small contacts enables probing on smaller pads/pitches and improves durability and robustness
Comprehensive, Turn-key Integrated Measurement System (IMS) with Keysight SPA for On-wafer DC Parametric Measurements
- Power bypass inductance: 8 nH
- Standard DCQ probes have flat tip needles available in nickel-plated tungsten or BeCu with diameters of 0.75 mil, 1.0 mil and 1.5 mil.
- Supports collinear and non-standard needle configurations
- Up to 16 DC for standard; maximum of 24 DC for custom
- Ideal for probing the entire circuit for functional test
- DC probes can provide power or slow logic to circuit under test
Superior Mechanics
- Highly stable granite base
- Independent, coarse movement of X and Y axes, combined with easy fine adjustments
- Excellent measurement accuracy and repeatability
- Fast navigation and high-precision probe positioning
See "Specifications & Details" tab for more key features
- Coaxial and triaxial measurements up to 10,000 V
- High-quality construction with low-noise electrical performance
- Replaceable probe tips in a variety of tip sizes
- Temperature range of of -60°C to 300°C
- Triaxial measurement ensures a much better understanding of device leakage in the off state
- Highly reliable, stable and repeatable measurements
- Integrally designed as part of a complete measurement solution
- Solve machine vision applications efficiently by constructing flowcharts instead of writing program code, using field-proven tools for analyzing, classifying, locating, measuring, reading and verifying
- Use a single program for creating both application logic and operator interface
- Leverage deep learning for visual inspection through image classification and segmentation tools
- Rely on a common underlying vision library for the same results with an Iris GTX smart camera, vision systems or third-part computer
- Work with multiple cameras all within the same project or per project running concurrently and independently from one another, platform permitting
- Interface to Zebra AltiZ and third party 3D sensors to visualize, process and analyze depth maps and point clouds
- Communication options include discrete Zebra I/Os, RS-232, and Ethernet (TCP/IP, CC-Link IE Field Basic, EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, and PROFINET, and native robot interfaces)
- Maximize productivity with instant feedback on image analysis and processing operations
- Receive immediate pertinent assistance through an integrated contextual guide
- Maintain control and independence through the ability to create custom flowchart steps
- Test communication with PLC using the built-in PLC interface emulator
- Protect against inappropriate changes with the Project Change Validator tool
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.