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US 2014/0176182 A1Published application
Shut-off mechanism in an integrated circuit device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKelin J Kuhn, Christopher J Jezewski, Marko Radosavljevic
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Abstract
Described herein are technologies related to self-disabling feature of a integrated circuit device to avoid unauthorized access to stored data information
Claims25
An integrated circuit (IC) device comprising:
- a sensor configured to measure a signal;
- a control unit configured to process the measured signal and provide a triggering signal based upon the measured signal;
- a high-surge voltage component coupled to the control unit, the high-surge voltage component configured to provide a voltage based upon the triggering signal, wherein the provide voltage is greater than a voltage threshold of a storage component in the IC device, the voltage threshold includes a maximum voltage of operation of the storage component;
A wireless device comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising:
- a detecting mechanism that is configured to provide a measured signal;
- a trigger mechanism coupled to the detecting mechanism, the trigger mechanism is configured to process the measured signal to provide a triggering signal;
- a shut-off mechanism that receives the triggering signal, the shut-off mechanism is configured to cut an electrical signal to a storage mechanism of the wireless device.
2 more elements
A method of shutting-off electrical signals in an integrated circuit (IC) device, the method comprising:
- receiving a signal, the signal includes a measured signal, a remote triggering signal, a local hardware triggering signal, or a local software triggering signal;
- providing a triggering signal based upon the received signal;
- cutting-off electrical signals in the IC device based on the triggering signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.