Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for detecting clock tampering
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Application No.: US13801375Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US09607153B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Kris Tiri , Matthew Scott McGregor , Yucong Tao
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F11/30
- IPC: G06F11/30 ; G06F1/00 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F11/00 ; G06F21/57 ; G06F1/06 ; G06F1/04 ; G06F11/07 ; G06F21/72 ; G06F21/55 ; G06F21/00 ; G06F21/70 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F21/71

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for detecting clock tampering. In the method a plurality of resettable delay line segments are provided. Resettable delay line segments between a resettable delay line segment associated with a minimum delay time and a resettable delay line segment associated with a maximum delay time are each associated with discretely increasing delay times. A monotone signal is provided during a clock evaluate time period associated with a clock. The monotone signal is delayed using each of the plurality of resettable delay line segments to generate a respective plurality of delayed monotone signals. The clock is used to trigger an evaluate circuit that uses the plurality of delayed monotone signals to detect a clock fault.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140281643A1 Apparatus and method for detecting clock tampering Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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