Integrated circuit package that measures amount of internal precious material
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLouis Thomas Fuka, Robert John Nonnenkamp, Charles Patrick Brown
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Abstract
Integrated circuit package (ICP) with: (i) stored information pertaining to an amount and/or value of precious material present in the ICP; and (ii) sensor for detecting an amount of precious material present in the ICP. In some embodiments the ICP is embedded in a smart card for use with a smart card reader system that can communicate data to and/or from the ICP.
Claims17
An integrated circuit package product (ICPP) comprising an integrated circuit package (ICP) that includes:
- integrated circuitry;
- a set of substrate layer(s);
- a precious material reservoir made of one, or more, precious material(s);
- and
- a tamper detection device;
- wherein:
- the integrated circuitry is located on and/or between substrate layers of the set of substrate layers;
- the precious material reservoir is at least partially embedded in the set of substrate layer(s);
- and
- the tamper detection device is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to provide an indication of tampering on condition that the physical integrity of the ICPP has been compromised.
An integrated circuit package product (ICPP) comprising an integrated circuit package (ICP) that includes:
- integrated circuitry;
- a set of substrate layer(s);
- and
- a precious material reservoir made of one, or more, precious material(s);
- wherein:
- the integrated circuitry is located on and/or between substrate layers of the set of substrate layers;
- the precious material reservoir is at least partially embedded in the set of substrate layer(s);
- and
- the integrated circuitry includes a data storage element that has stored reservoir data indicating a mass of the precious material reservoir as determined at a time of manufacture of the ICPP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.