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US 2016/0254227 A1Published application
Semiconductor device security
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorEffendi Leobandung
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Abstract
Semiconductor device security is provided as follows. A unique identification is generated by randomly forming a plurality of defects in one or more circuit elements of the semiconductor device. This method may yield a semiconductor device which is not susceptible to being replicated or cloned.
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A method, comprising:
- generating a unique identification for a semiconductor device by randomly forming a plurality of defects in one or more circuit elements of the semiconductor device.
A method, comprising:
- randomly forming a plurality of defects in one or more circuit elements of a semiconductor device;
- scanning the semiconductor device to determine locations where the plurality of defects were randomly formed;
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- uniquely identifying the semiconductor device based on the determined locations of the plurality of defects.
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