Intrusion protection using stress changes
    1.
    发明授权
    Intrusion protection using stress changes 有权
    使用压力变化的入侵保护

    公开(公告)号:US08330191B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-11

    申请号:US12997576

    申请日:2009-05-26

    IPC分类号: H01L29/84 G08B13/14

    摘要: The invention relates to a integrated circuit comprising an electronic circuit integrated on a substrate (5), and further comprising protections means for protection of the electronic circuit (25). The protection means comprise: i) a first strained encapsulation layer (10) being provided on a first side of the substrate (5), wherein the first strained encapsulation layer (10) has a strain (S1) in a direction parallel to the substrate (5), and ii) disabling means (20) arranged for at least partially disabling the electronic circuit (25) under control of a strain change in the substrate (5). The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such integrated circuit, and to a system comprising such integrated circuit. Such system is selected from a group comprising: a bank-card, a smart-card, a contact-less card and an RFID. All embodiments of the integrated circuit in accordance with the invention provide essentially an alternative tamper protection to the data stored or present in the electronic circuit therein. A first main group of embodiments concerns an integrated circuit wherein tamper protection is obtained by detecting a strain change during tampering and subsequently disabling the electronic circuit. A second main group of embodiments concerns an integrated circuit wherein tamper protection is obtained by designing a stack of strained encapsulation layers, such that tampering causes releasing of strain and thereby mechanical disintegrate (break, delaminate, etc) of the integrated circuit, and thus disabling the electronic circuit.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种集成电路,其包括集成在基板(5)上的电子电路,并且还包括用于保护电子电路(25)的保护装置。 保护装置包括:i)第一应变封装层(10),设置在基板(5)的第一侧上,其中第一应变封装层(10)在平行于基板的方向上具有应变(S1) (5),以及ii)布置成在所述衬底(5)中的应变变化的控制下至少部分地禁用所述电子电路(25)的禁用装置(20)。 本发明还涉及一种制造这种集成电路的方法,以及包括这种集成电路的系统。 这样的系统从包括银行卡,智能卡,无接触卡和RFID的组中选择。 根据本发明的集成电路的所有实施例基本上为存储或存在于其中的电子电路中的数据提供了替代的篡改保护。 第一主要实施例涉及集成电路,其中通过在篡改期间检测应变变化并随后禁用电子电路来获得篡改保护。 第二主要实施例涉及一种集成电路,其中通过设计应变封装层的堆叠来获得防篡改,使得篡改导致应变释放,从而导致集成电路的机械分解(破坏,分层等),从而导致无效 电子电路。

    Sensing environmental parameter through stress induced in IC
    2.
    发明授权
    Sensing environmental parameter through stress induced in IC 有权
    通过IC引起的应力感应环境参数

    公开(公告)号:US08872290B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-28

    申请号:US13057075

    申请日:2009-07-30

    IPC分类号: H04L23/00 G01D5/18

    CPC分类号: G01D5/18

    摘要: A sensor is provided for sensing a value of a physical parameter characteristic of the sensor's environment. The sensor is implemented in semiconductor technology. A behavior of the sensor's electronic circuitry is affected by stress. The stress is induced by a film covering the circuitry or only part thereof. The stress is caused by the film's material, whose dimensions depend on a value of the parameter. This dependence is different from the 5 dependence of the circuitry's substrate on the same parameter.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于感测传感器环境的物理参数特性值的传感器。 传感器采用半导体技术实现。 传感器的电子电路的行为受到压力的影响。 应力由覆盖电路或仅部分的膜引起。 压力是由胶片材料造成的,其尺寸取决于参数值。 这种依赖性不同于电路衬底对相同参数的依赖性。

    FOOD PACKAGE WITH INTEGRATED RFID-TAG AND SENSOR
    3.
    发明申请
    FOOD PACKAGE WITH INTEGRATED RFID-TAG AND SENSOR 有权
    具有集成RFID标签和传感器的食品包装

    公开(公告)号:US20110291806A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-01

    申请号:US13116920

    申请日:2011-05-26

    IPC分类号: H04Q5/22

    摘要: A container for containing a perishable substance has a container wall with an inner side and an outer side. The wall has an electrically conductive layer extending between the inner side and the outer side. The inner side faces the space containing the substance. The container comprises electronic circuitry having a sensor for sensing a physical property or condition of the substance, and an antenna for communicating an RF signal to a receiver, external to the container. The RF signal is indicative of the physical property or condition sensed. The sensor is positioned so as to be exposed to the space containing the substance in operational use of the container. The antenna is positioned at the outer side, or between the outer side and the electrically conductive layer, and is electrically isolated from the electrically conductive layer.

    摘要翻译: 用于容纳易腐物质的容器具有容纳有内侧和外侧的容器壁。 该壁具有在内侧和外侧之间延伸的导电层。 内侧面向包含物质的空间。 容器包括具有用于感测物质的物理性质或状况的传感器的电子电路和用于将RF信号传送到容器外部的接收器的天线。 RF信号表示所感测到的物理属性或状况。 传感器被定位成在容器的操作使用中暴露于容纳物质的空间。 天线位于外侧,或位于外侧和导电层之间,并且与导电层电隔离。

    SENSOR AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SENSOR
    4.
    发明申请
    SENSOR AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SENSOR 有权
    传感器和组装传感器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110217206A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-08

    申请号:US13043352

    申请日:2011-03-08

    IPC分类号: G01N27/00 H01H11/00

    摘要: “Click-assembly” methods of assembling a sensor for sensing biologically-active molecules by measuring impedance changes, are disclosed, comprising supporting a bio-sensor on a carrier, the bio-sensor comprising an electronic component having at least one micro-electrode and at least one electrical contact, functionalizing the bio-sensor by physically or chemically coupling a bio-receptor molecule to each of the at least one micro-electrode, and subsequently assembling the bio-sensor with a micro-fluidic unit by means of a clamp which clamps the bio-sensor with the micro-fluidic unit, such that in use a fluid introduced into the micro-fluidic unit is able to contact the bio-receptor and is isolated from the electrical contact. The clamp may be a spring, and the method may avoid a requirement for sealing by chemical or thermal means and thereby avoid damaging the bio-receptor. Sensors which can be assembled according to such methods are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过测量阻抗变化来组装用于感测生物活性分子的传感器的“点击组装”方法,其包括在载体上支撑生物传感器,所述生物传感器包括具有至少一个微电极的电子部件和 至少一个电接触,通过将所述生物受体分子物理或化学耦合至所述至少一个微电极中的每一个来官能化所述生物传感器,以及随后通过夹具将所述生物传感器与微流体单元组装 其利用微流体单元夹持生物传感器,使得在使用中,引入微流体单元的流体能够接触生物接受体并与电接触物隔离。 夹具可以是弹簧,并且该方法可以避免通过化学或热方式对密封的要求,从而避免损坏生物受体。 还公开了可以根据这些方法组装的传感器。

    Moisture sensor
    6.
    发明授权
    Moisture sensor 有权
    水分传感器

    公开(公告)号:US08079248B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-20

    申请号:US12093667

    申请日:2006-10-24

    IPC分类号: G01N7/00

    CPC分类号: G01N27/223 Y10T29/43

    摘要: A moisture sensor includes interdigitated first and second electrodes formed in trenches A porous low-k dielectric is provided between the electrodes. The electrodes are of Cu surrounded by a barrier layer to protect the Cu from corrosion. TiN may be used as barrier layer and selectively deposited barrier material such as CoWB, MoWB or NiMoP as barrier layer.

    摘要翻译: 水分传感器包括形成在沟槽中的交错的第一和第二电极。在电极之间提供多孔的低k电介质。 电极是被阻挡层包围的铜,以保护铜免受腐蚀。 可以使用TiN作为阻挡层和选择性沉积的阻挡材料,例如CoWB,MoWB或NiMoP作为阻挡层。

    SENSING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER THROUGH STRESS INDUCED IN IC
    8.
    发明申请
    SENSING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER THROUGH STRESS INDUCED IN IC 有权
    通过IC中诱发的应力感测环境参数

    公开(公告)号:US20110127627A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-02

    申请号:US13057075

    申请日:2009-07-30

    IPC分类号: H01L31/0352 H01L29/66

    CPC分类号: G01D5/18

    摘要: A sensor is provided for sensing a value of a physical parameter characteristic of the sensor's environment. The sensor is implemented in semiconductor technology. A behavior of the sensor's electronic circuitry is affected by stress. The stress is induced by a film covering the circuitry or only part thereof. The stress is caused by the film's material, whose dimensions depend on a value of the parameter. This dependence is different from the 5 dependence of the circuitry's substrate on the same parameter.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于感测传感器环境的物理参数特性值的传感器。 传感器采用半导体技术实现。 传感器的电子电路的行为受到压力的影响。 应力由覆盖电路或仅部分的膜引起。 压力是由胶片材料造成的,其尺寸取决于参数值。 这种依赖性不同于电路衬底对相同参数的依赖性。

    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF
    9.
    发明申请
    SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF 审中-公开
    半导体器件及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100001409A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-07

    申请号:US12514214

    申请日:2007-10-29

    摘要: The invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising: a substrate (1), the substrate (1) comprising a body (5), the body (5) having a surface, the substrate (1) being provided with an insulating layer (10) on the surface of the body (1);—a conductor (25) with insulating sidewall spacers (22) located in the insulating layer (10), the conductor (25) having a current-flow direction during operation, the conductor (25) having a first width, the insulating sidewall spacers (22) each having a second width being smaller than the first width of the conductor (25), the first width and the second width being measured in a direction perpendicular to the current-flow direction of the conductor (25) and parallel to said surface, the conductor (25) having a first top surface extending parallel to said surface, the insulating sidewall spacers (22) having a second top surface, and airgaps (30) located in the insulating layer (10) adjacent to the insulating sidewall spacers (22), characterized in that the first top surface coincides with the second top surface, and in that the airgaps (30) extend from the surface of the body (5) to said first and second top surface. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device according to the invention enables a lower resistance of the conductor while still providing a tolerance for unlanded vias.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种半导体器件,包括:衬底(1),所述衬底(1)包括主体(5),所述主体(5)具有表面,所述衬底(1)设置有绝缘层(10) 在所述主体(1)的表面上; - 具有位于所述绝缘层(10)中的绝缘侧壁间隔物(22)的导体(25),所述导体(25)在操作期间具有电流流动方向,所述导体 ),所述绝缘侧壁间隔件(22)各自具有小于所述导体(25)的第一宽度的第二宽度,所述第一宽度和所述第二宽度在垂直于所述电流流动方向的方向上被测量 的导体(25)并且平行于所述表面,所述导体(25)具有平行于所述表面延伸的第一顶表面,所述绝缘侧壁间隔件(22)具有第二顶表面,以及位于绝缘体中的气隙(30) 邻近绝缘侧壁间隔物(22)的层(10),其特征在于 第一顶表面与第二顶表面重合,并且气囊(30)从主体(5)的表面延伸到所述第一和第二顶表面。 本发明还涉及一种制造这种半导体器件的方法。 根据本发明的半导体器件使得导体的电阻较低,同时仍然提供对未经过过孔的容差。

    Sensor and a method of assembling a sensor
    10.
    发明授权
    Sensor and a method of assembling a sensor 有权
    传感器和组装传感器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09375711B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-28

    申请号:US13043352

    申请日:2011-03-08

    IPC分类号: G01N27/00 B01L3/00 G01N27/327

    摘要: “Click-assembly” methods of assembling a sensor for sensing biologically-active molecules by measuring impedance changes, are disclosed, comprising supporting a bio-sensor on a carrier, the bio-sensor comprising an electronic component having at least one micro-electrode and at least one electrical contact, functionalizing the bio-sensor by physically or chemically coupling a bio-receptor molecule to each of the at least one micro-electrode, and subsequently assembling the bio-sensor with a micro-fluidic unit by means of a clamp which clamps the bio-sensor with the micro-fluidic unit, such that in use a fluid introduced into the micro-fluidic unit is able to contact the bio-receptor and is isolated from the electrical contact. The clamp may be a spring, and the method may avoid a requirement for sealing by chemical or thermal means and thereby avoid damaging the bio-receptor.Sensors which can be assembled according to such methods are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过测量阻抗变化来组装用于感测生物活性分子的传感器的“点击组装”方法,其包括在载体上支撑生物传感器,所述生物传感器包括具有至少一个微电极的电子部件和 至少一个电接触,通过将所述生物受体分子物理或化学耦合至所述至少一个微电极中的每一个来官能化所述生物传感器,以及随后通过夹具将所述生物传感器与微流体单元组装 其利用微流体单元夹持生物传感器,使得在使用中,引入微流体单元的流体能够接触生物接受体并与电接触物隔离。 夹具可以是弹簧,并且该方法可以避免通过化学或热方式对密封的要求,从而避免损坏生物受体。 还公开了可以根据这些方法组装的传感器。