How to probe the silicon inside of a chip | Explained by John McMaster

Watch how we probe the silicon of a chip and do laser drilling of a silicon die. A lot of information about why and how to probe silicon. Thank you very much John McMaster. Links: - John’s Linked In: - John’s Twitter / X: - FEDEVEL courses: Chapters: 00:00 What is this video about 00:18 Why to probe silicon? 04:39 How is the silicon probed? How does the probe look? 09:06 Probe needles 10:49 About probing silicon 17:36 How to remove package 20:36 Probing and broken bond wires 24:12 Probing to read firmware, bypassing on chip fuses 29:37 What microscope to use to probe chips 40:21 Material the probes are made from 41:35 How to know where to probe the silicon 51:46 Why / how - wafer test 59:31 About John and his work 1:04:56 More about probes 1:08:46 Probe cards 1:12:33 Wafer probers / testers 1:18:26 Wafer storage 1:22:13 Optical probing 1:25:34 Alignment 1:28:00 Wafers aren’t flat 1:30:13 Probe holders - Micro positioners 1:37:19 About extracting firmware from 80C51 1:42:15 Hans on micro probing class 1:44:16 Live chip probing 1:47:55 Live: Preparing the probe 1:52:41 Live: Putting the probe on silicon 2:00:34 Live: Laser drilling to silicon ------------------------------------------------------ Would you like to support me? It’s simple: - Sign up for online courses hosted on our platform: - You can also support me through Patreon: - FEDEVEL Discord: It is much appreciated. Thank you, - Robert