ATE

English translation: Automatic test equipment

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French term or phrase:ATE
English translation:Automatic test equipment
Entered by: claude-andrew

06:51 Jun 27, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks / Remote metering specifications
French term or phrase: ATE
Context: specifications for remote metering by PLT

This is an abbreviation which could have many meanings; context:

Essais terrains (hors ATE) et intégration SI

The abbreviation appears only this once in the doc.

(I assume SI = IT)
claude-andrew
France
Local time: 11:03
Automatic test equipment
Explanation:
The English acronym seems to be used in French also.

"Automatic or Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test(DUT), using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results. An ATE can be a simple computer controlled digital multimeter, or a complicated system containing dozens of complex test instruments (real or simulated electronic test equipment) capable of automatically testing and diagnosing faults in sophisticated electronic packaged parts or on Wafer testing, including System-On-Chips and Integrated circuits."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_test_equipment

"ATE- En anglais : Automatic Test Equipment. Équipement automatique d’essai. Équipement commandé par ordinateur utilisé dans les essais de production de circuits intégrés (CI)."
http://www.cmc.ca/fre/about/glossary.htm

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Note added at 16 mins (2010-06-27 07:08:33 GMT)
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"XXXX’s revenue stream comes from a portfolio of standard and custom products that are used in battery powered applications, remote metering, embedded systems and medical devices. ... In October 1997, XXXXX acquired Edge Semiconductor, a leading supplier of proprietary semiconductors used by the world's top automated test equipment (ATE) manufacturers."
http://investors.semtech.com/investor-education.cfm

"In addition, ... Remote Metering Systems (RMS) can take advantage of the G3VMs’ small size and low ON resistance. Advances in performance and cost reduction enable MOS FET relays to be considered as good alternatives to Reed Relays in application areas such as security motion detectors (standard and anti- mask PIRs), and Automated Test Equipment (ATE) probe cards."
http://www.components.omron.com/components/web/pdflib.nsf/0/...$file/Mosfet_Tech_Information_0809.pdf
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
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3 +1Automatic test equipment
Catharine Cellier-Smart
3ETA (European Technical Approval)
Etienne Muylle Wallace


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ETA (European Technical Approval)


Explanation:




Agrément technique européen - ATE
Europese Technische Goedkeuring - ETG
European Technical Approval - ETA
Agréments techniques européens délivrés par l'EOTA. Ce système d'agrémentation concerne en général les produits et techniques de construction et leurs applications qui n'appartiennent pas au domaine traditionnel et bien connu, donc maîtrisables par des normes. Le caractère innovateur peut découler soit du produit même, soit de sa technique de mise en oeuvre, soit encore de son domaine d'application. Sur base d'un ETA, un produit peut recevoir la marque CE, et de cette façon acquérir libre accès dans tous les Etats-membres de l'Union européenne.


Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 11:03
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Automatic test equipment


Explanation:
The English acronym seems to be used in French also.

"Automatic or Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test(DUT), using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results. An ATE can be a simple computer controlled digital multimeter, or a complicated system containing dozens of complex test instruments (real or simulated electronic test equipment) capable of automatically testing and diagnosing faults in sophisticated electronic packaged parts or on Wafer testing, including System-On-Chips and Integrated circuits."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_test_equipment

"ATE- En anglais : Automatic Test Equipment. Équipement automatique d’essai. Équipement commandé par ordinateur utilisé dans les essais de production de circuits intégrés (CI)."
http://www.cmc.ca/fre/about/glossary.htm

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Note added at 16 mins (2010-06-27 07:08:33 GMT)
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"XXXX’s revenue stream comes from a portfolio of standard and custom products that are used in battery powered applications, remote metering, embedded systems and medical devices. ... In October 1997, XXXXX acquired Edge Semiconductor, a leading supplier of proprietary semiconductors used by the world's top automated test equipment (ATE) manufacturers."
http://investors.semtech.com/investor-education.cfm

"In addition, ... Remote Metering Systems (RMS) can take advantage of the G3VMs’ small size and low ON resistance. Advances in performance and cost reduction enable MOS FET relays to be considered as good alternatives to Reed Relays in application areas such as security motion detectors (standard and anti- mask PIRs), and Automated Test Equipment (ATE) probe cards."
http://www.components.omron.com/components/web/pdflib.nsf/0/...$file/Mosfet_Tech_Information_0809.pdf


Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SMcG (X): Same acronym in French or English: "dispositifs d’essai automatiques" = ATE. btw SI = "système d'information" "system information"
32 mins
  -> Thanks JS ! Agree with you about SI

neutral  Michael Davies: I don't blame you, Catherine, for having proposed 'Automatic Test Equipment' - I once worked in that field and I would have proposed the same if you hadn't beat me to it!
1 day 1 hr
  -> until we found out it wasn't the right answer !
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