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公开(公告)号:US11901002B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17539295
申请日:2021-12-01
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Franco Stellari , Ernest Y. Wu , Takashi Ando , Peilin Song
CPC classification number: G11C13/0064 , G11C13/0007 , H10N70/24 , H10N70/826 , H10N70/8833
Abstract: System and method to localize a position of an RRAM filament of resistive memory device at very low bias voltages using a scanning laser beam. The approach is non-invasive and allows measurement of a large number of devices for creating statistics relating to the filament formation. A laser microscope system is configured to perform a biasing the RRAM cell with voltage (or current). Concurrent to the applied bias, a laser beam is generated and aimed at different positions of the RRAM cell (e.g., by a raster scanning). Changes in the current (or voltage) flowing through the cell are measured. The method creates a map of the current (or voltage) changes at the different laser positions and detects a spot in the map corresponding to higher (or lower) current (or voltage). The method determines the (x,y) position of the spot compared to the edge/center of the RRAM cell.
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公开(公告)号:US11715195B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US17208346
申请日:2021-03-22
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Franco Stellari , Peilin Song , Cyril Cabral, Jr. , Steven G. Shevach
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G01N21/359 , G01N21/8851 , G06N20/00 , G06T7/337 , G01N2021/8887 , G06T2207/10048 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/30141
Abstract: Circuit board inspection by receiving a near infrared (NIR) image of at least a portion of a circuit board, analyzing the NIR image using a machine learning model, and detecting anomalous circuit board portions according to the analysis.
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公开(公告)号:US20220366113A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-17
申请号:US17319286
申请日:2021-05-13
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Peilin Song , Franco Stellari , Gi-Joon Nam , Jinwook Jung , Victor N. Kravets , Jagannathan Narasimhan , Jennifer Kazda , Dirk Pfeiffer
IPC: G06F30/337 , G06F30/327 , G06F30/3315 , G06F30/398
Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for optimizing an integrated circuit device design to obfuscate emissions corresponding to internal logic states of the integrated circuit device design. A first integrated circuit (IC) device design data structure is received and parsed to identify at least one instance of an obfuscation indicator in the data of the IC device design data structure. At least one IC logic element is marked, in the IC device design, which is associated with the at least one instance of the obfuscation indicator. At least one emission obfuscation optimization is applied to the marked at least one IC logic element to obfuscate emissions from the marked at least one IC logic element and generate an emissions obfuscated IC device design data structure. The emissions obfuscated IC device design data structure is output for fabrication of an IC device in accordance with the emissions obfuscated IC device design data structure.
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公开(公告)号:US11480612B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US16559597
申请日:2019-09-03
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Franco Stellari , Peilin Song
IPC: G01R31/311
Abstract: A Scanning Time-Resolved Emission (S-TRE) microscope or system includes an optical system configured to collect light from emissions of light generated by a device under test (DUT). A scanning system is configured to permit the emissions of light to be collected from positions across the DUT in accordance with a scan pattern. A timing photodetector is configured to detect a single photon or photons of the emissions of light from the particular positions across the DUT such that the emissions of light are correlated to the positions to create a time-dependent map of the emissions of light across the DUT. Updating the time-dependent map of the emissions based on variable dwell times at respective locations of the DUT.
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公开(公告)号:US11287630B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16559594
申请日:2019-09-03
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Franco Stellari , Peilin Song
Abstract: A Scanning Time-Resolved Emission (S-TRE) microscope or system includes an optical system configured to collect light from emissions of light generated by a device under test (DUT). A scanning system is configured to permit the emissions of light to be collected from positions across the DUT in accordance with a scan pattern. A timing photodetector is configured to detect a single photon or photons of the emissions of light from the particular positions across the DUT such that the emissions of light are correlated to the positions to create a time-dependent map of the emissions of light across the DUT. The scanning system is configured to updated the time-dependent map of the emissions based on a transformation of an underlying time-resolved waveform at certain intervals and corresponding to at least one location and generating a pseudo image of the DUT.
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公开(公告)号:US20220019703A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-20
申请号:US16933509
申请日:2020-07-20
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Jean-Olivier Plouchart , Dirk Pfeiffer , Arvind Kumar , Takashi Ando , Peilin Song
Abstract: An obfuscation circuit relies on a tamper-resistant nonvolatile memory which encodes a trusted Boolean function. The Boolean function is used to enable several operations relating to circuit obfuscation, including obfuscation of logic circuitry, obfuscation of operand data, and release of IP blocks. The tamper-resistant nonvolatile memory is part of a trusted integrated circuit structure, i.e., one fabricated by a trusted foundry, separate from another integrated circuit structure which contains the various operational logic circuits of the design and is fabricated by an untrusted foundry. The Boolean function is encoded based on a look-up table implemented as a cascaded multiplexer circuit. Multiple obfuscation functions can be so encoded. The obfuscation functions may be reprogrammed using a protocol that relies on symmetric keys, one of which is stored in the tamper-resistant nonvolatile memory.
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公开(公告)号:US11169200B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-09
申请号:US16529398
申请日:2019-08-01
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Raphael P. Robertazzi , Peilin Song , Franco Stellari
IPC: G01R31/26 , G01R31/30 , G01R31/27 , G01R31/28 , G01R31/311
Abstract: A method for characterizing an integrated circuit that includes ramping the supply voltage to an integrated circuit as a function of time for each of the transistors in the integrated circuit, and measuring a power supply current for the integrated circuit during the ramping of the power supply voltage. The measured peaks in the power supply current are a current pulse that identifies an operation state in which each of the transistors are in an on state. The peaks in the power supply current are compared to the reference peaks for the power supply current for a reference circuit having a same functionality as the integrated circuit to determine the integrated circuit's fitness.
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公开(公告)号:US11036832B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-15
申请号:US16683368
申请日:2019-11-14
Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Inventor: Andrea Bahgat Shehata , Peilin Song , Franco Stellari
IPC: G06F21/14 , G06F30/398 , G06F30/00 , G06F30/30
Abstract: Techniques facilitating integrated circuit identification and reverse engineering are provided. A computer-implemented method can comprise identifying, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an element within a first elementary cell of one or more elementary cells of an integrated circuit. The method can also comprise matching, by the system, the element with respective elements across the one or more elementary cells including the first elementary cell. The respective elements can be replicas of the element. Further, matching the element with respective elements can be based on a layout analysis of the integrated circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US10928448B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-23
申请号:US16686699
申请日:2019-11-18
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Franco Stellari , Peilin Song
IPC: G01R31/317 , G06F30/398 , G01R31/311
Abstract: A method for automated scan chain diagnostics includes comparing actual emission signatures for individual design elements to expected emission signatures, the individual design elements having pixels allocated thereto associated with an image of a device registered to a design layout, and determining whether the actual emission signatures differ from the expected emission signatures by more than a threshold amount to determine if a defect is present.
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公开(公告)号:US10895596B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-19
申请号:US15412517
申请日:2017-01-23
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Peilin Song , Franco Stellari
IPC: G01R31/311 , G06T7/00 , G06T7/11 , G01R31/28
Abstract: Methods and systems for localizing and resolving an integrated circuit include selecting one or more electrical stimuli to be applied to a device under test such that the electrical stimuli provide a baseline image and a distinguishing image effect when applied to the device under test. The one or more electrical stimuli are applied to the device under test. Emissions from the device under test are measured to provide a measurement data set and to collect the baseline image and the distinguishing image effect. The measurement includes dividing a field of view in a photon emission image into regions of interest. The measurement data set is analyzed to localize and evaluate circuit structures by comparing the baseline image and the distinguishing image effect. The analysis includes calculating a figure of merit for each region of interest that represents a degree of switching activity in the respective region of interest.
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