Automated Inspection Platform for Microelectronics

We're securing a $100B microelectronics open market
used when traditional supply chains fall short.

The open market is critical for sourcing components that are lower cost, faster lead time, or simply unavailable elsewhere.

High-reliability industries such as aerospace and defense rely on the open market for legacy components.

Inspection must be performed to detect counterfeits that flood the open market, especially for high-reliability applications.

"The USAF Research Laboratory determined his malfunctioning DRS contained six suspected counterfeit Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFET), three suspected counterfeit serial flash memory chips, and a suspected counterfeit parallel flash memory chip."

An F-16 Pilot died when his ejection seat failed. Was it Counterfeit?

- Air Force Times (Sep '22)

Inspection in the open market remains
infrequent, slow, and error-prone

Counterfeit microelectronics still make it into our nation's most safety-critical systems.

Automated, data-driven inspection

for 100% test coverage

of mission critical microelectronics

Our Approach

Chiplytics Microelectronics Inspection Platform (MIP)

Runs Power Spectrum Analysis (PSA), a rapid, generalized electrical test that detects subtle anomalies between parts

Turnkey advanced electrical and visual inspection that handles large varieties and volumes of microelectronics

Chiplytics Power Spectrum Analysis (PSA) System

Our Products

MSRP: $25,000 | Software License: $10,000/year

Sockets: $500 / part number

MSRP: $100,000 | Software: $500/part number

PSA is an electrical testing technique licensed from Sandia National Laboratories that evaluates a component's unique response to a non-invasive input signal

Advantages

Fast, non-invasive, and data-driven enables scalable 100% electrical test coverage
Reveals subtle anomalies such as differences in manufacturers, performance, and degredation
Lower cost, more repeatable, and smaller form factor compared to traditional bench top lab equipment
Accompanying software enhances automation and scalability of data acquisition
Chiplytics provides low lead-time Quickturn Sockets to interface with any package type

Chiplytics PSA System | Overview

Quickturn

Socket

Available to ship

Cloud-based Electrical Testing

Includes PSA as well as electrical tests already used in the standards (AS6081, AS6171)

Chiplytics MIP | Overview

Automation Platform

Adds automation and computer vision for comprehensive high-volume inspection

Socketless IC Probing

Instantly test components including complex package types with high pin counts

V1 ships June '24

Early Traction

2021

100+ customer discovery interviews through FedTech Defense Startup Studio

2022

Company formed through Scout VC Incubator
PSA Commercial license secured along with Sandia funding for lab personnel
Chiplytics PSA prototype validated against Sandia equipment
Paid pilot run with U.S. Army DEVCOM

2023

Convertible note investment from Scout VC follow-on and New Mexico Vintage Fund
Research partnership with UMD's CALCE, leading institution developing counterfeit mitigation standards
Fulfilled purchase order from Honeywell's Kansas City National Security Campus for 5 PSA Systems and 5 Quickturn Sockets
Air Force Research Laboratory AFWERX Phase I STTR in partnership with CALCE

"The Chiplytics PSA system shows promise in being a screening tool for semiconductor technologies for use in commercial and DoD settings. The toolset was able to differentiate between differences in manufacturers, different date codes, and even different parametric qualities."

- Josh Hartsell, Engineer, U.S. Army DEVCOM