A new ultra-short pulse laser ablation based backside sample preparation me
thod has been developed. This technique is contact-less, non-thermal, preci
se, repetitive and adapted to each type of material present in IC packages.
Backside preparation examples are presented on a conventional DIL plastic
package, a TSOP plastic package with an oversized silicon die and on a DIL
ceramic package. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.