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US08168487B2 Programmable connection and isolation of active regions in an integrated circuit using ambiguous features to confuse a reverse engineer
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使用模糊特征对集成电路中的有源区域进行可编程连接和隔离,从而使反向工程师混淆
- 专利标题: Programmable connection and isolation of active regions in an integrated circuit using ambiguous features to confuse a reverse engineer
- 专利标题(中): 使用模糊特征对集成电路中的有源区域进行可编程连接和隔离,从而使反向工程师混淆
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申请号: US11855005申请日: 2007-09-13
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公开(公告)号: US08168487B2公开(公告)日: 2012-05-01
- 发明人: William M. Clark, Jr. , Lap Wai Chow , Gavin Harbison , Paul Ouyang
- 申请人: William M. Clark, Jr. , Lap Wai Chow , Gavin Harbison , Paul Ouyang
- 申请人地址: US CA Malibu
- 专利权人: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- 当前专利权人: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Malibu
- 代理机构: Ladas & Parry
- 主分类号: H01L21/335
- IPC分类号: H01L21/335
摘要:
A technique for and structures for camouflaging an integrated circuit structure and strengthen its resistance to reverse engineering. A plurality of transistors are formed in a semiconductor substrate, at least some of the transistors being of the type having sidewall spacers with LDD regions formed under the sidewall spacers. Transistors are programmably interconnected with ambiguous interconnection features, the ambiguous interconnection features each comprising a channel formed in the semiconductor substrate with preferably the same dopant density as the LDD regions, with selected ones of the channels being formed of a conductivity type supporting electrical communication between interconnected active regions and with other selected ones of the channels being formed of a conductivity type inhibiting electrical communication but ambiguously appearing to a reverse engineer as supporting electrical communication.
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