US 2016/0112083 A1 · INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY ANOMALY DETECTION AND PROCESSING

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes an antenna, a die manufactured from a semiconducting material, an RF energy collection and processing means disposed on or within said die and including at least a receiver and a processing means, an input configured to supply power to said RF energy collection and processing means and an output for operative communication by said RF energy collection and processing means. The integrated circuit is configurable and operable to provide at least one of electromagnetic emission anomaly detection, tamper detection, anti-tamper monitoring, degradation monitoring, health monitoring, counterfeit detection, software changes monitoring, firmware changes monitoring and monitoring of other RF energy anomalies.

Claims35

Dependent claims

A device comprising:

at least one electronic component;
an antenna;
and
an integrated circuit comprising:
a die manufactured from a semiconducting material,
a radio frequency (RF) energy collection and processing apparatus integrated into said die and coupled to said antenna, said RF energy collection and processing apparatus comprising:
an emission detection apparatus receiving emission(s) of RF energy emitted, external to said integrated circuit, from said at least one electronic component when said device is supplied with a power signal and/or an oscillating signal,
at least one processor coupled to said emission detection apparatus, and
algorithms causing said at least one processor to process signature(s) of said emission(s) and determine states(s) of said at least one electronic component attributable to said signature(s) of said emission(s).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/703,139Filed 4 May 2015

Priority

2 Mar 2011

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H04B 1/26
Circuits: for superheterodyne receivers
G06F 21/44
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: program or device authentication
G06F 21/76
To assure secure computing or processing of information: in application-specific integrated circuits [ASIC] or field-programmable devices, e.g.…
G06F 21/87
Secure or tamper-resistant housings: by means of encapsulation, e.g. for integrated circuits

Family

Application61/464,262Us provisional application · filed 2 Mar 2011

Application61/574,250Us provisional application · filed 29 Jul 2011

Application13/410,909Continuation · filed 2 Mar 2012

Application14/703,139Continuation

US 2012/0223403 A1Published application

US 9,059,189 B2Related patent

US 9,887,721 B2Related patent

US 2016/0112083 A1This patent

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Integrated circuit with electromagnetic energy anomaly detection and processing

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Integrated circuit with electromagnetic energy anomaly detection and processing

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Abstract

Claims35