Implementing carbon nanotube based sensors for cryptographic applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
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Abstract
A method and circuit for implementing security protection with carbon nanotube based sensors for cryptographic applications, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A carbon nanotube layer is incorporated with a polymeric encapsulation layer of a security card. Electrical connections to the carbon nanotube layer are provided for electrical monitoring of electrical resistance of the carbon nanotube layer.
Claims20
A circuit for implementing security protection with carbon nanotube based sensors comprising:
- a security card;
- a carbon nanotube layer being incorporated with a polymeric resin;
- said security card being encapsulated with said polymeric resin incorporating said carbon nanotube layer;
- electrical connections being provided to said carbon nanotube layer for electrical monitoring of electrical resistance of said carbon nanotube layer.
A design structure embodied in a non-transitory machine readable medium used in a design process, the design structure comprising:
- a sequence of computer-executable steps recorded on the non-transitory machine readable medium and capable of implementing said design process and producing a circuit for implementing security protection comprising:
- providing a security card;
- incorporating a carbon nanotube layer with a polymeric resin;
- encapsulating said security card with said polymeric resin incorporating said carbon nanotube layer;
- providing electrical connections to said carbon nanotube layer for electrical monitoring of electrical resistance of said carbon nanotube layer, wherein the design structure, when used in the manufacture of a semiconductor chip produces a chip comprising said circuit.
A method for implementing security protection with carbon nanotube based sensors comprising:
- providing a security card;
- incorporating a carbon nanotube layer with a polymeric resin;
- encapsulating said security card with said polymeric resin incorporating said carbon nanotube layer;
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- providing electrical connections to said carbon nanotube layer for electrical monitoring of electrical resistance of said carbon nanotube layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.