Advanced microelectronics test facility at New Mexico Tech

Military systems are remaining in-service and in active use far beyond their designed operational lifetime. This extended service is leading to a shortage of replacement components for these systems as many of the parts are now obsolete. When combined with the move from MIL-Spec to commercial-off-the-shelf components the need for an advanced testing facility to qualify the replacement components to meet electrical, environmental, and radiological performance standards has dramatically increased. The advanced microelectronics laboratory at New Mexico Tech has been designed to support both the need for qualifying military system components as well as commercial components for use in satellites, space platforms, and high altitude aircraft that are subject to radiation interactions. In this paper we demonstrate some of the capabilities of the facility applied to commonly used microelectronic devices