Difference between revisions of "Chip Reverse Engineering"

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* 2 MP to 8 MP camera
 
* 2 MP to 8 MP camera
 
* Objective table to move the chip slowly (i.e. not by hand, too much shaking and imprecision)
 
* Objective table to move the chip slowly (i.e. not by hand, too much shaking and imprecision)
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Feature we DON'T NEED:
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* Confocal microscope (it seems, because we'll abrase/grind away the upper layers anyway and the bottom layers are opaque anyway too)
  
 
== Leads ==
 
== Leads ==

Revision as of 10:28, 5 July 2008

Microscope

Features

These are the features we're looking for:

  • 500x magnification
  • 2 MP to 8 MP camera
  • Objective table to move the chip slowly (i.e. not by hand, too much shaking and imprecision)

Feature we DON'T NEED:

  • Confocal microscope (it seems, because we'll abrase/grind away the upper layers anyway and the bottom layers are opaque anyway too)

Leads

  • Friend of Phil will lend a microscope with camera
    • not perfect but should enable us to do the first etching/abrasive steps
  • Ebay? No perfect match yet.

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