Secure compute device housing with sensors, and methods and systems for the same
AssigneeGlobal Technical Systems
InventorThomas Scott Morgan
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method can include measuring, via a sensor disposed within an interior of a housing, an out-of-band characteristic of an electronic circuit disposed within the interior of the housing. The method can further include receiving, from the sensor and at a management circuit disposed within the interior of housing, a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the electronic circuit. The method can further include analyzing, at the management circuit, the out-of-band characteristic of the electronic circuit to produce an alarm signal. The method can further include sending, from the management circuit, the alarm signal to initiate a remedial action in response to receiving the alarm signal.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- an electronic device including a host board that hosts (1) a first electronic circuit disposed on a first printed circuit board and (2) a second electronic circuit disposed on a second printed circuit board;
- a sensor separate from and not electrically connected to the first electronic circuit, the sensor configured to measure an out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit and not the second electronic circuit;
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- a management circuit separate from and not receiving electrical signals from the first electronic circuit, the management circuit configured to receive from the sensor a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit, the management circuit configured to send an alarm signal based on the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a host board;
- a first electronic circuit disposed on a first printed circuit board that is coupled to the host board;
- a second electronic circuit disposed on a second printed circuit board that is different from the first printed circuit board and this is coupled to the host board;
- a plurality of sensors separate from and not electrically connected to any of the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit, the plurality of sensors including a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor configured to measure an out-of-band characteristic from a plurality of out-of-band characteristics and of the first electronic circuit and not the second electronic circuit, the second sensor configured to measure an out-of-band characteristic from the plurality of out-of-band characteristics and of the second electronic circuit and not the first electronic circuit;
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- a management circuit separate from and not receiving electrical signals from any of the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit, the management circuit configured to receive from the first sensor a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit, the management circuit configured to send an alarm signal based on the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit.
A method, comprising:
- measuring, via a sensor, an out-of-band characteristic of a first electronic circuit and on a first printed circuit board that is coupled to a host board, the sensor not electrically connected to the first electronic circuit;
- substantially not measuring, via the sensor, an out-of-band characteristic of a second electronic circuit and on a second printed circuit board that is different from the first printed circuit board and that is coupled to the host board;
- substantially not receiving, via the sensor, a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the second electronic circuit;
- receiving, from the sensor and at a management circuit, a sensor signal indicating the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit;
- analyzing, at the management circuit, the out-of-band characteristic of the first electronic circuit to produce an alarm signal;
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- sending, from the management circuit, the alarm signal to initiate a remedial action in response to receiving the alarm signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.