Standard Test Data Format

Standard Test Data Format (STDF) is a proprietary file format for semiconductor test information originally developed by Teradyne, but it is now a de facto standard widely used throughout the semiconductor industry. It is a commonly used format produced by automatic test equipment (ATE) platforms from companies such as LTX-Credence, Roos Instruments, Teradyne, Advantest, and others.

STDF is a binary format, but can be converted either to an ASCII format known as ATDF or to a tab delimited text file. Decoding the STDF variable length binary field data format to extract ASCII text is non-trivial as it involves a detailed comprehension of the STDF specification, the current (2007) version 4 specification being over 100 pages in length. Software tools exist for processing STDF generated files and performing statistical analysis on a population of tested devices.

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Specification

• STDF version 4
• STDF version 4

Standards Organizations

• STDF Group
• IEEE Test Technology Standards Group/Committee
• SEMI Collaborative Alliance for Semiconductor Test (CAST)

Information

• C library for processing STDF related data
• Java library for processing STDF related data
• LabVIEW library for processing STDF related data
• Python module to process STDF files (only STDFv4 format)
• Python module to process STDF files (both STDFv3 and STDFv4 format)
• R based open source data analysis tool for STDF and other ATE formatted data
• Perl programs to manipulate STDF, ATDF, and XTDF files.