New Highest Current DiVA Announced By Accent

BEND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 9, 2003–Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com), a leading supplier of optoelectronics, wireless and silicon semiconductor process control systems, today announced that it has developed a new, high-current DiVA model based on the popular D265. The new D265-5 model has been optimized to give peak pulse currents of up to 5A and has been designed to meet the requirements of those needing to develop, characterize and test large semiconductor devices built on technologies such as GaN, LDMOS, GaAs and SiC.

“The D265-5 is the highest pulse current capability DiVA built so far by Accent,” stated Graham Riley, Product Marketing Director, DiVA. “We received feedback from many sources requesting us to go higher in current for larger devices. The ability to carry out testing and characterization at realistic power levels on full size or near full size devices, while still working at the wafer level, was a common thread. The fast pulse available from the D655-5 enables this kind of testing by avoiding the self-heating which would be destructive with a comparable dc or long pulse measurement. The ability to do fast, high power testing of each die on a wafer (before packaging) could offer significant benefits due to the reduced number of test escapes,” said Riley.

The D265-5 builds on the same strong platform as the D265, with optimization for peak pulse current delivery.

Email diva@accentopto.com to receive the full specifications of the D265-5.

Accent Optical Technologies (www.accentopto.com) is a leading supplier of optoelectronic and silicon process control systems. The company’s legacy dates back over 300 years to its optical instrument manufacturing roots in York, England. It serves leading manufacturers of laser diodes, VCSELs, HBTs and high electron mobility transistors and supplies optical CD measurement, thin film characterization and optical lithography feedback control systems to leading silicon device manufacturers. Accent Optical Technologies a privately held company headquartered in Bend, Oregon, operates in 19 countries with more than 250 employees, including over 70 technologists.