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Well. A gloomy day and being let go is not a reason to skip #NakedDieFriday so without further ado!

Today's sample is SMM6037, a chip or rather assembly by Skyworks. I did not find a datasheet for this one, but it seems to be equivalent/related MMM6027 by Freescale. The chip itself came from an e-waste pile on a mangled board, which likely was a Motorola branded phone but impossible to tell which one.

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#electronics #reverseengineering

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Oct 23, 2026 · 15:43 UTC

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Sorry for potato quality here, the chip itself it rather small and my phone's camera is certainly showing its age at macro shots.

Inside the package is a whole assembly, with multiple passives and silicon dies. One of them still stuck to the substrate, the others stuck inside the molding compound. Bond wires can still be seen around the dies. Unfortunately, the smaller dies were too challenging to handle. But we can have a look at the larger ones!

Image shows the package with substrate separated, two halves side by side.
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