multiLane AT93000 System User Manual

AT93000 System User Manual
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AT93000 System

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General Safety Summary
Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as specified. Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures. While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system. Read the General Safety Summary in other system manuals for warnings and cautions related to operating the system.
To Avoid Fire or Personal Injury
Use Proper Power Cord. Only use the power cord specified for this product and certified for the country of use. Observe All Terminal Ratings. To avoid fire or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product. Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal. Do Not Operate Without Covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed. Avoid Exposed Circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present. Do Not Operate with Suspected Failures. If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualified service personnel.
Do Not Operate in Wet/Damp Conditions. Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere. Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in damage to this product or other property.

Overview of the Advantest V93000 High Speed I/O (HSIO) Test System

The Advantest V93000 High Speed I/O (HSIO) Test System allows V93000 users to source and measure DUT signals up to 56GBaud PAM4. See the AT93000 brochure for information about this HSIO test system feature located at V93000 ATE Test Solutions | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com) In Figure 1, the AT93000 twinning frame (TRAME) is hard docked on top of a V93000 test head. The AT93000 is compatible with CTH and STH Advantest V93000 testheads. The user’s DUT loadboard is hard docked on top of the TFRAME and the device handler or wafer prober is hard docked to the DUT loadboard. For wafer probe, the TFRAME would be upside down from this picture.  Figure 1 shows the HSIO twinning frame docked to a CTH testhead with one of sixteen populated Pogo Segments. An exploded view of these individual pieces is shown in Figure 2, including up to four Multilane instrument cassettes.¹ HSIO is an ATE industry acronym for “High Speed Input/Output”. The AT93000 is an HSIO solution

The main advantage of the ATE system as compared to using benchtop instruments, is that the signal path between DUT and Cassette instruments is considerably shorter thus minimizing insertion and return losses. The AT93000 channel density maximum is up to 32 channels if all 4 cassettes are fully populated.

Each of the four Multilane cassettes contains either one or two Multilane high-speed instruments.
Refer to each instrument’s User Manual for the blindmate connector pinout of that instrument in the cassette. Instrument manuals and datasheets can be found at ATE | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com). Figure 5 shows one side of a cassette with the protective cover removed. This exposed PCB is a 4-channel (differential) Multilane instrument. The other side of the cassette can have a second 4-channel Multilane instrument for a total of 8 differential channels per cassette.
Figure 5 also shows the backplane connector. User Manual pinouts are referenced to this connector. The instrument on the opposite side of the cassette is facing into the page so that its backplane connector is located on the backside, lower left corner. For example, a cassette might contain a 4channel AT4039D BERT on side 1 of the cassette and a 4-channel AT4025 DSO on side 2 of the cassette. In the case of 8-channel instruments, like the 8-channel AT4079B BERT, there will only be one 8-ch instrument in the cassette with one connector due to blindmate 32-pins limitation.

Figure 6 shows the AT93000 area located under the docked device loadboard.

| Item| Description of Items in Figure 6
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1| Cassette| See: Figure 5: Instrument Cassette with protective cover removed, page 7 See: Cassette and Backplane Location References, page 8
2| Backplane| Two backplanes — one at top and one at bottom Provides power, communication, and clock sync to the cassettes See “Cassette and Backplane Location References”, page 8
3| Backplane connectors| Instrument PCB’s inside cassettes plug into these connectors
4| Power connector| 12V, 6.5A each backplane for a total requirement of 13A external power supply
5| Clock out| Clock cabling between backplanes
See “Master/Slave Clock Sync Configuration on AT93000 backplanes”, page 9
6| Clock In| Clock cabling between backplanes
See “Master/Slave Clock Sync Configuration on AT93000 backplanes”, page 9
7| Ethernet| See “Ethernet Connections and IP Addressing” on page 15
8| Air Intake| (not shown in picture). Air intake used to cool the cassettes. See “Air, Power, and Ethernet sources” on page 14

Table 1 : AT93000 Pieces

Cassette and Backplane Location References

For consistency across all customer configurations, the backplane and cassette reference numbers are arbitrarily chosen to be defined as shown in Figure 7. The sixteen quadrants labeled 1A to 8B are Advantest defined labels . The “arrow up” engravings on the twinning frame are referenced as pointing “UP”. Instruments on the right side of cassettes are plugged into backplane 2. Instruments on the left side of cassettes are plugged into backplane 1. User documentation should be provided to explain to the cassette installer which direction to plug in the cassette. The backplane that an instrument is plugged into also effects the Master Clock synchronization scheme. See “Master/Slave Clock Sync Configuration on AT93000 backplanes” on page 9.²A subset of these quadrants brings the V93000 resources up to the loadboard. Advantest P/N E8028-PSD

Master/Slave Clock Sync Configuration on AT93000 backplanes

A master clock can either be generated by one of the installed BERT instruments or by a clock from the DUT loadboard. There can only be one clock master for synchronizing all BERTs and DSOs on each backplane. All other instruments on that backplane operate as clock slaves and will synchronize their operation to the instrument or loadboard master clock. The Master/Slave clock configuration is controlled through switch settings on backplane 1 and backplane 2 and is explained later in this section. If the clock is coming from the DUT or V93000, then all cassette instruments will be slaved to the external master clock. In this case, the external differential clock should be cabled to the “clock-in” SMP connectors on the backplane having the slaved instruments, using two high-speed cables.
Check Multilane instrument datasheets for maximum clock sync frequency. For explanation how to send DUT clock signals to the ML backplanes via family board, see Multilane Family Board Documentation.
Backplane Switch Settings
Backplane switches control which instrument clock (or loadboard clock) controls the clock synchronization between instruments . There are switches and switch straps on each backplane. ³Single-ended clocks coming from the DUT loadboard are not supported. They must be differential. 4 For older backplanes, refer to The switch straps are for Multilane internal use only and should never be changed from what is shown in Figure 10.

The ML backplane SMPM connectors are shown in lower left picture of Figure 10. Cables can either connect from backplane 1 to backplane 2 or to the family board as shown in Figure 11. The family board connections go up through the G1A Advantest pogo block and are available to be connected on the DUT loadboard.

Referring to Figure 10, each of the 5 switches on each backplane control the master/slave modes by one of two methods:
Appendix: Older Revision Backplane Clock Jumper Settings on page 17.

1. Manually: Set each switch to either 3V3 or GND
2. USB Programming Mode: Set all switches to PRG

Setting Master/Slave Manually
Set the 5 switches on each backplane using Figure 1Figure 12 and the table in Figure 13.

| U450 is m MASTER| U451 is MASTER| U452 is MASTER| U453 is Fi 1 MASTER| All U45x I SLAVE
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Backplane 1| C1L| C2L| C3 L| C4L| All Slave
Backplane 2| C4R| C3R| C2R| C1R| All Slave
SW1| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0
SW2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0
SW3| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0
SW4| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0
SW7| 1| 1| 1| 1| 0

Figure 13: Manual Mode Master Slave Switch Settings

Setting Master/Slave using USB Programming Mode
Contact Multilane if USB Programming Mode is to be used.
Step 1: Set all switches to PRG
Step 2: Connect laptop to USB port shown in Figure 14
Step 3: Obtain ML AT4000 GUI
Step 4: Use GUI shown in Figure 15 to set one of the instruments as the master or to set all the instruments to slave. When all slave, the expectation is that the master will either be coming from the other backplane or from the DUT loadboard via the family board

| U450 is MASTER| U451 is MASTER| U452 is MASTER| U453 is MASTER| All MUX
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Backplane 1| C1L| C2L| C3L| C4L| All Slave
Backplane 2| C4R| C3R| C2R| C1R| All Slave

Figure 15:GUI for Master/slave config.

Family Board

The Multilane family board, AT93000-1900002, is a general-purpose solution and is optimized for high-speed devices with lower digital pin counts and lower current requirements. If this Family board does not suit your application and you require a different selection of V93000 tester resources, a custom family board will have to be designed. V93000 mapped resources through the AT93000-1900002 are as follows:

• 11x PS1600 (1408 pins)
• 3x PS9G (192 pins)
• 4x DPS64 (256 supplies)
• 2x DPS128 (256 supplies)
• 2x UHC4 (8 supplies @ 40A)
• 1x MBAV8

Contact Advantest for further information about V93000 tester resources. More information about the AT93000-1900002 Family Board can be found at AT93000-1900002 | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com)

Air, Power, and Ethernet sources

The AT93000 cassette instruments are

• Cooled using compressed air
• Powered from an external +12V supply
• Communicated with through ethernet

All these system resources are supply by an external utility box. Refer to the Utility box manual at AT93000-UBOX | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com)
Site Preparation and Installation
Refer to the site preparation and installation manuals at V93000 ATE Test Solutions | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com))
Docking the TFRAME to the V93000 testhead
The AT93000 weighs approximately 35Kg, so some type of mechanical lift assist may be required.
For additional information on using a mechanical lift to assist with docking the TFRAME, refer to Advantest Service Documentation, Topic 342435, “Lifting the Twinning equipment”.

Ethernet Connections and IP Addressing

Multilane instruments are controlled by individual IP addresses. IP addresses are hardcoded and are not dynamically assigned at runtime (DHCP). For help choosing the appropriate ethernet connections for each instrument, contact Multilane at [email protected]
Software installation when controlling AT93000 via V93000 Smartest
Refer to the site preparation manual at V93000 ATE Test Solutions | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com)
Customer Loadboard
Refer to Final Test or Wafer Test loadboard documentation at Final Test Loadboard and Wafer Test
Loadboard

Appendix: Example Customer Documentation

Here is documentation that Multilane uses to guarantee consistent customer configurations leaving our factory. Items in RED are unique for each assembly. The items in RED here are an example and should be changed to match the customer’s assembly requirements

Appendix: Software installation when controlling AT93000 via PC

The AT93000 can also be controlled via a PC by connecting the Ethernet ports to the PC
PC minimum hardware requirements are as follows:

• Windows XP SP3 or greater
• Minimum 2 GB RAM
• 1 Ethernet card to establish connection with the device (2 Multilane ethernet ports)
• Pentium 4 processor 2.0 GHz or greater
• .NET Framework 4.0

PC software installation follows. To use an ML instrument under Windows XP, Windows 7 and
Vista, it is important that the correct start-up sequence is followed:

• Ensure Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is installed

• Install the instrument GUI software from MultiLane’s public website
  o Go to ATE | MultiLane (multilaneinc.com)
  o Scroll down: MultiLane Instruments for V93000 → Click on any instrument (eg, AT4039E)
  o You will find the instrument GUI here

• Connect the power cable to the faceplate

• Change the IP of the instrument to fit in the network range
  o Multilane instruments come with preassigned IP addresses
  o The IP address can be manually changed via their GUI
  o DHCP is not supported

• Communication through Ethernet port is required for data acquisition

• Connect the ethernet cable to the faceplate. Depending on instrument installation, 2 ethernet connections may be required

• Now the instrument is powered up, having the right IP, the Ethernet cable links the instrument to the PC with the GUI correctly installed

• To open the GUI, double click on the software icon located in the Desktop directory

Appendix: Older Revision Backplane Clock Jumper Settings (AT4000 REV B)
The AT4000 REV B backplane uses jumpers instead of switches to control MASTER/SLAVE clock selection.

To set MASTER/SLAVE, refer to the following table:

| U450 is MASTER| U451 is MASTER| U452 is MASTER| U453 is MASTER| All U45x SLAVE
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U3| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0
U5| 1| 1| 0| 1| 1
U7| 1| 1| 0| 0| 0
U12| 1| 1| 1| 1| 0
U13| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0
Rev. No.| Amendments| Revision date
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Section| Description
0.9| | Initial revision uploaded to Multilane website|
0.9.1| | Added appendix “Loadboard reference designators” Added cassette Ws| Jan 14 2021
0.9.2| | Changed U13 to “0” for “ALL SLAVE” configuration| March 2, 2021
0.9.3| Appendix 4| Added Appendix showing system block diagram| Oct 26, 2021
0.9.4| All| Updated all sections to reflect ECO changes made in 2022| Oct 11, 2022

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References

• MultiLane
• ATE | MultiLane
• AT93000-1900002 | MultiLane
• AT93000-64150 | MultiLane
• AT93000-64170 | MultiLane
• AT93000-UBOX | MultiLane
• V93000 ATE Test Solutions | MultiLane

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