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US 12,481,977 B2Granted
Secure cover with tamper resistant landing area
AssigneeSumup Payments Ltd.
InventorsStefano Bianconi, Ricardo Maffazioli
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Abstract
Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to security for a credit card processing reader. Part of security for a reader is a secure cover having a trace mesh to discourage drilling through the cover. The mesh may be connected to one or more landing areas on the cover. The landing area has electrical pads with trace routing that provides tamper protection for the landing area.
Claims20
A credit card processing reader comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a cover with a non-conducting base, the cover including a plurality of landing areas coupled to the base, each landing area including a first and a second exposed electrical pad, a first trace electrically coupled to the first electrical pad at a first connection point, a second trace electrically coupled to the second electrical pad at a second connection point, the first connection point being directly between the first electrical pad and the second electrical pad, a security mesh coupled to the base;
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- a plurality of tamper switches coupled to and between the PCB and the cover, each of the plurality of tamper switches connected to one of the plurality of landing areas.
1 more element
A credit card processing reader comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- a cover with a non-conducting base, the cover including a plurality of landing areas coupled to the base, each landing area including a first and a second exposed electrical pad, a first trace electrically coupled to the first electrical pad, a second trace electrically coupled to the second electrical pad, the first trace having a first length that is immediately adjacent to the second electrical pad and closer to the second electrical pad than the second trace, the second trace having a second length that is immediately adjacent to the second electrical pad and closer to the second electrical pad than the first trace, the first length being greater than the second length;
- a security mesh coupled to the base;
- and
- a plurality of tamper switches coupled to and between the printed circuit board and the cover, each of the plurality of tamper switches connected to one of the plurality of landing areas.
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A credit card processing reader comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a cover with a non-conducting base, the cover including a plurality of landing areas coupled to the base, each landing area including a first and a second exposed electrical pad, the second electrical pad further including a side adjacent to the first electrical pad and a plurality of sides nonadjacent to the first electrical pad, a first trace electrically coupled to the first electrical pad at a first connection point, a second trace electrically coupled to the second electrical pad at a second connection point, the second connection point at one of the plurality of sides nonadjacent to the first electrical pad, the first connection point being directly between the first electrical pad and the second electrical pad,
- a security mesh coupled to the base;
- and
- a plurality of tamper switches coupled to and between the PCB and the cover, each of the plurality of tamper switches connected to one of the plurality of landing areas.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.