POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR FUNCTIONAL CIRCUIT BLOCKS

    公开(公告)号:US20190327004A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US15958206

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A system incorporating a power distribution for functional circuit blocks can include a functional circuit block comprising two or more sub-circuits; a power line comprising at least two segments, a first sub-circuit of the two or more sub-circuits being coupled to a first segment of the at least two segments, and a second sub-circuit of the two or more sub-circuits being coupled to a second segment of the at least two segments; and at least one power delivery circuit (PDC) coupled to the power line at a location to create an electromagnetic flux on two adjacent segments of the at least two segments that is in opposite directions. The PDCs can be arranged coupled to the power line with a number and at locations optimized for mitigating electromagnetic emissions on the power line.

    CIRCUIT ALTERATION DETECTION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20200043870A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16054123

    申请日:2018-08-03

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A system with circuit alteration detection can include a shield in at least one metal layer over an integrated circuit, and a detector coupled to the shield to detect a change in impedance characteristics of one or more shield lines of the shield due to physical alteration of the shield. The shield lines can be arranged in one or more metal layers and cover an area with shape arrangements such as parallel lines and serpentines. The detector can include one or more comparators to detect a difference in impedance of more than a tolerance value. An appropriate countermeasure response can be initiated upon detection of the difference in impedance.

    TAMPER DETECTION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200043869A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-06

    申请号:US16054099

    申请日:2018-08-03

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A system with tamper detection can include at least one ring oscillator and a detection circuit coupled to the at least one ring oscillator to detect change in frequency greater than a tolerance. Each ring oscillator can include a plurality of inverters where at least one intermediate node coupling an output of one of the plurality of inverters and an input to another of the plurality of inverters is a sensing node of a plurality of sensing nodes for the system. Outputs from two or more ring oscillators can be compared and a signal to initiate a countermeasure response can be generated when the outputs have a difference greater than a tolerance value.

    DETECTION OF FREQUENCY MODULATION OF A SECURE TIME BASE

    公开(公告)号:US20210165877A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US16244502

    申请日:2019-01-10

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: An electronic system can include a charge storage device controllably connected to a voltage source; a protected circuit block controllably connected to the charge storage device for receiving a voltage supply from the charge storage device, the protected circuit block operating via an operating clock signal; a voltage detector coupled to the voltage supply of the protected circuit block; a comparator coupled to an output of the voltage detector; and a countermeasure processor coupled to receive an alert signal from an output of the comparator. The voltage at the voltage supply is related to the frequency of the operating clock and a frequency manipulation attack is detected by monitoring a difference between the voltage supply and a comparison voltage.

    CONTEXT-AWARE POWER NETWORK
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190278311A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US15913051

    申请日:2018-03-06

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A configurable charge storage network and control system provide a context-aware power network for a system including a circuit, the power network coupled to the circuit to provide a core voltage to the circuit; and a context-based controller that monitors a supply voltage level of a power supply, monitors a core voltage level of the core voltage, and monitors activity of the circuit to derive an activity level of the circuit; and based on the activity level of the circuit, adjusts a capacitance of the power network or charging parameters associated with the power network to correspond to a power requirement associated with the activity level.

    DETECTION OF PULSE WIDTH TAMPERING OF SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20200225270A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16244364

    申请日:2019-01-10

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A sensor system can include a sensor having a charge storage device controllably connected to a voltage source under control of a signal under test; and a readout circuit coupled to the charge storage device to determine whether the pulse width of the signal under test has changed greater than a threshold amount according to a voltage at the charge storage device. In some cases, the determination of whether the pulse width of the signal under test has changed can include determining whether the voltage satisfies a condition with respect to a comparison voltage. In some cases, the determination of whether the pulse width of the signal under test has changed can be based on a propagation delay through a delay chain, where the propagation delay is dependent on the voltage.

    TRACKING EVENTS OF INTEREST TO MITIGATE ATTACKS

    公开(公告)号:US20200012783A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-09

    申请号:US16409205

    申请日:2019-05-10

    Applicant: Arm Limited

    Abstract: A computing device can include a comparator coupled to an I/O pin of the computing device; a storage unit coupled to the comparator; and a counter coupled to receive an output of the comparator, an output of the counter being coupled to a computation engine to provide a limit-exceeded signal to the computation engine, wherein the counter comprises a volatile counter and a nonvolatile storage, wherein the nonvolatile storage stores a bit for each top volatile count number of events identified by the volatile counter. The computing device can further include a backup power source coupled to the volatile counter; and readout circuitry and control logic coupled to the volatile counter and to the nonvolatile storage, the readout circuitry and control logic being configured to control operations of the volatile counter during an error event and determine a total number of events. The computing device can be a smart card.

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