Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuit boards and electronic packages with embedded tamper-respondent sensor
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Application No.: US14865610Application Date: 2015-09-25
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Publication No.: US10175064B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: William L. Brodsky , Silvio Dragone , Roger S. Krabbenhoft , David C. Long , Stefano S. Oggioni , Michael T. Peets , William Santiago-Fernandez
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Agent Tihon Poltavets, Esq.; Kevin P. Radigan, Esq.
- Main IPC: H05K1/02
- IPC: H05K1/02 ; G01D5/16 ; H05K1/18 ; H05K3/30 ; H05K3/32

Abstract:
Electronic circuits, electronic packages, and methods of fabrication are provided. The electronic circuit includes a multilayer circuit board, and a tamper-respondent sensor embedded within the circuit board. The tamper-respondent sensor defines, at least in part, a secure volume associated with the multilayer circuit board. In certain implementations, the tamper-respondent sensor includes multiple tamper-respondent layers embedded within the circuit board including, for instance, one or more tamper-respondent frames and one or more tamper-respondent mat layers, with the tamper-respondent frame(s) being disposed, at least in part, above the tamper-respondent mat layer(s), which together define the secure volume where extending into the multilayer circuit board. In certain embodiments, one or more of the tamper-respondent layers are divided into multiple, separate tamper-respondent circuit zones, with the tamper-respondent layers, including the circuit zones, being electrically connected to monitor circuitry within the secure volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170089729A1 CIRCUIT BOARDS AND ELECTRONIC PACKAGES WITH EMBEDDED TAMPER-RESPONDENT SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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