E3Lab - Electronic Expertise & Evaluation Lab

Guarantee your electronics developments for secure, complex and harsh environments

Defence
Space
Cybersecurity

With 30 years' experience in space and defense projects, Thales E3 Lab brings all its capabilities for the evaluation of your electronics to address use in complex and sensitive environments.

Key selling points of the services

Client satisfaction remains the lab's core concern. The following points are taken into account in each project

Customer-centric

With diverse skills from materials analysis to testing expertise and design implementation, our agile and responsive engineers support your specific projects by offering tailored, innovative, and adaptable solutions that meet your needs effectively and efficiently.
Unrivalled resources

Boasting a state-of-the-art facility with over a hundred advanced equipment, dedicated to technology analysis, testing, failure analysis, and security expertise, we invite you to experience excellence and cutting-edge technology with us at a single, centralized location.
Measurable results

We guarantee high-quality metrics and clear comprehensive reports that provide measurable results for your projects. Our aim: to provide you with reliable, easy-to-use data that enhances decision-making and guarantees a tangible ROI, thus promoting your success and efficiency.
Innovation

Our expertise in optoelectronics, power, SoCs, SIP and 3D electronic technologies positions us at the forefront of innovation. We harness our competencies on these advanced solutions to deliver superior expertise and enhanced analysis, empowering your projects to excel in today's competitive landscape.

Over 30 years of partnership with CNES

Since 1994, the strong partnership between Thales and CNES has proved indispensable to the success of critical space projects. This collaboration enriches innovation through daily exchanges of experts and joint theses.

Thales Lab's unique hardware reverse-engineering capabilities also strengthen the ITSEF teams, enabling them to provide tailor-made solutions and optimize evaluations, while stimulating cutting-edge technological expertise for the space and defense sectors.

Throughout the entire lifecycle of an electronic system, whether it is during the design phase (secure implementation, component/material selection), the production phase (reliability tests, qualification), or the maintenance phase (failure analysis, hidden error detection, chemical contamination), Thales Lab supports its clients with renowned expertise.

+ 400 m €

Of test equipment

1m €

Annual investment in equipment acquisition and maintenance

30+

Over 30 years of experience testing the electronic technologies

Global services offer

Normative tests (JEDEC, MIL & ECSS Standard): Evaluation, qualification, screening, upscreening, benchmarking, ESD, latch up, HAST, PCT, Thermal Cycling, THB, Moisture, Pressure, Solar, HTOL, LTOL, BI & LT
Specific tests: ECC analysis, memory retention, refresh, timing control, JTAG / BIST evaluation, µC/µP or VHDL test design
Custom: Static, Pseudo dynamic or full dynamic reliability Tests, Up to 250°C

Determine & control manufacturing processes

Process maturity, Reliability, Ageing effects, DPA, Construction Analysis
X-RAY 2D & 3D, Optical and SEM inspections, Delayering, Plasma Etching

Find the root cause of a fault and explain it in reports

Defect Signature Confirmation: Electrical/Optical characterization
Defect Analysis & conclusion: Localize precisely the defect, Determine the defect physical nature

Ensure the security of an integrated circuit designed with any type of technology.

Retro Conception, technology identification, FIB circuit modification (up to 20nm), stress and modification of security assets (fuses, shield)
Probing on critical signal, optical probing, secret extraction
Capability of data extraction from ROM or Flash memory