US Patent 9465049 Apparatus and method for electronic sample preparation

A method and apparatus for preparing electronic samples for a subsequent treatment, e.g., application of a failure analysis treatment. In one embodiment, an electronic device is mounted on a thermally controlled plate and a select temperature is applied thereto. While maintaining the select temperature applied to the thermally controlled plate, a sample preparation process is performed on the electronic device, such as, e.g., performing polishing, thinning, milling, lapping or extracting one or more semiconductor dies that form the electronic device.