Best Electronics & Components Lowers Overall Costs by Purchasing Multiple Credence ASL 1000 Systems

BECCI, a leading provider of total parametric and functional test solutions for linear, analog and mixed-signal devices, will use the systems to test temperature sensors, precision voltage references and MOSFETs.
“Credence’s ASL 1000 is BECCI’s preferred test platform for analog mixed-signal devices,” said Fred Kinder, BECCI’s chief executive officer and president. “Our engineers have developed a powerful new test solution for MOSFET devices using the ASL 1000. This solution performs tests such as gate resistance (Rg), avalanche, gate charge, and DC measurements faster and more reliably than traditional test methods, achieving lower overall costs for customers and making it essential in today’s competitive market. The new test methodology minimizes insertions, prevents handling problems, including broken leads, bent leads, and walking wounded devices, and enables significant advances in manufacturing output.”
“The architectural principle of the ASL 1000 offers key cost benefit to customers, making the system ideal for manufacturers and outsource assembly and test suppliers (OSATs) worldwide,” said Dr. Graham Siddall, Credence’s chairman and chief executive officer. "With faster test times, higher throughput, and better repeatability, the ASL 1000 provides BECCI with a compelling advantage in the competitive test and assembly market. This multi-system order significantly expands BECCI’s current test capacity and strengthens its position in the marketplace.”

About ASL 1000
The ASL 1000 system is a test solution for standard linear, discrete, and analog mixed-signal devices providing multi-site testing to more than 100 sites for higher throughput. Its modular “non-matrix” architecture helps decrease test times, offer high repeatability and accuracy, and dramatically reduce the overall footprint of the system in testing a wide range of devices. The ASL 1000 is one of the most successful production test systems for analog devices, with more than 950 systems in worldwide use.

About Best Electronics & Components Company Inc.
Established in 1992, Best Electronics & Components Company Inc. (BECCI) offers total parametric and functional test solutions for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. BECCI is specifically configured for low cost, high volume, chipscale, wafer sort, and final test. This allows customers to have additional capital available for the designing of new products or reserve capital for other needs. Visit http://www.usea.com for more information.

About Credence Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: CMOS) is changing the future of semiconductor production by integrating test solutions throughout the design, validation and production processes. A leader in the manufacture of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the global semiconductor industry, Credence offers a wide range of systems for the test of analog, digital, non-volatile memory, mixed-signal, SoC, and wireless semiconductor devices typical in today’s automobile, portable computing, consumer and communications products. Credence and its subsidiaries also provide test program development and debug software, engineering validation test solutions, and advanced photon probing technology that enable faster time-to-market with lower total cost-of-test. Headquartered in Fremont, California, the Company is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer and maintains advanced production and design facilities in Hillsboro, Oregon. More information is available at http://www.credence.com.
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