Microchip Silicon Dies - Random Sample of 5 Different Chips
2023-06-17
You've probably heard of 'microchips' before, but have you ever actually seen one? Well, now you can own 5 different ones with this set of 5 unpackaged silicon dies (microchips)! These silicon dies were never packaged, which means you can see the raw exposed features on the bare silicon! These 5 microchips will come labeled and neatly packaged in a way that makes them easy to look at without handling directly:
The 5 silicon dies that you receive may not be the exact ones pictured above. I will choose 5 random different ones from my collection.
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More About These Silicon Dies
These silicon dies are a great souvenir for anyone who's interested in technology. Some of the larger silicon dies have interesting features that are large enough to see with the naked eye. You can also get a fairly good look at the overall layout of the chips using a magnifying glass (not included). Further details can be seen using an inexpensive toy microscope. Despite what you might expect, high magnification is not the most important part of getting good pictures of these chips. Instead, good illumination is far more important. It is not possible to clearly see individual transistor features on most of these chips using any optical microscope due to the limits of visible light optics. Instead, you must you an electron microscope (not included).
Note that the lighting conditions significantly affect how the silicon dies look. In some of the images above, you can see the dies sparkle with high colours, which only happens at very specific lighting angles.
These silicon dies have been exposed to the air outside of a clean-room environment, so there will be dust particles on them if you look at them under a microscope.
