Single laser fault injection microscope - S-LMS

The S-LMS microscope is a high-end single-spot system designed for laser fault injection, featuring photon emission detection and thermal laser stimulation capabilities. It enables injection, focusing, and scanning of a single laser spot while simultaneously observing the sample from the backside

1-µm laser spot accuracy

The S-LMS laser fault injection platform features precision optics engineered by our team to deliver the smallest possible beam diameter in the silicon die (down to 1 μm spot size) with optimal transmission.

Integrated with a high-resolution XYZ stages, the microscope system allows precise sample scanning.

Optispot

Our motorized OPTISPOT technology has been especially designed for fault injection applications. Optispot enables to optimize the laser focusing into the silicon die, hence to get the minimum laser spot size in the transistors' vicinity whatever the die thickness.
This tool can also be helpful to locate the regions of interest by enlarging laser/silicon interaction volume. It includes software commands and associated DLLs.

Combining PDMs and OPTISPOT technology opens the way to optimized scanning methods associating fast large spot scanning and precise ultra-small spot fault area localization, even during a single scan.

Datasheet

Single laser microscope station

User tailored solution

100% configurable systems
Laser Fault Injection, Photon Emission, Thermal Laser Stimulation
Laser safety enclosure
Embedded HMI
Simultaneous vision of circuit details and laser
spots with high quality IR vision
Optispot to optimize the waist position in the die
On-site services and upgrades available
eShard esDynamic environment available

High precision capacity

High spatial resolution ~1 μm spot size
Temporal precision : on-demand pulses ;
pulse duration from ~1 ns ; jitter <20ps (Std Dev) with PDM Laser
High resolution XYZ motorized stages for automation
Granite frame for high stability
Optical bench on air bed for vibration isolation

The LMS station are fully compatible with esDynamic Analyst Development platform from eShard

esDynamic software platform allows security experts to analyze, attack, pinpoint and refine the security of their products by performing side-channel, white-box cryptography analysis or fault injection.

With esDynamic platform, eShard offers dedicated contents in its Hardware Analysis module to drive ALPhANOV equipment and perform precision fault injections attacks.

Technical Specifications