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Semiconductor test sockets need to have good mechanical properties and excellent wear characteristics so that they will maintain their dimensions for many cycles of use. Test socket applications may require plastics that can operate at temperatures ranging from as low as -55 °C to as high as 155 °C (-67 °F to 311 °F).
A test socket is a custom-designed electro-mechanical interface that delivers extremely clean electrical signal paths to connect the chip to the ATE. The socket test is a study/example project using Apache Mina, JBoss Netty, and Spring, javax.script, Groovy to provide an extensible/configurable socket/http/serial mock server to test your client application.
Global semiconductor test socket high performance plastic market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
Drake has created shapes in incredibly tough, strong, and stable ultra high-performance polymers that are perfectly suited to the performance requirements of this stage of semiconductor manufacturing in response to the evolving and more stringent requirements for semiconductor test sockets and nests:
Torlon 5030 is a polyamide-imide reinforced with 30% glass fibre that has exceptional dimensional stability and a thermal expansion rate that is half that of unreinforced grades. At high temperatures, its glass fibres offer extremely high stiffness without the conductivity associated with carbon fibres.
Under cryogenic testing circumstances in chip nests, Torlon 4203L (also known as 4203), an unreinforced pigmented grade, enables perfect hole-to-hole spacing and long life. In cryogenic settings up to 250C/482°F, it is stronger and more durable than PEEK and polyimides.
Under cryogenic testing circumstances in chip nests, Drake 4200 PAI, an unreinforced non-pigmented grade, also enables perfect hole-to-hole spacing and long life.
To avoid trace metal contamination from titanium and aluminium found in the pigmented grade, some in the semiconductor sector prefer Torlon 4200 grade, which, in contrast to Torlon 4203L, has no TiO2 pigment. Drake 4200 PAI is stronger and more durable than PEEK and polyimides, even at cryogenic settings up to 250C (482°F).