Secure electronic apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US09984257B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-29

    申请号:US15088309

    申请日:2016-04-01

    Applicant: NXP B.V.

    Abstract: A secure electronic apparatus and a method for determining that a secure electronic apparatus has been tampered with. The apparatus includes a memory and a plurality of sensors which each to receive an input signal and output a digital signal determined by the input signal and by a physical quantity sensed by the sensor (e.g. capacitance). A measurement routine includes applying a plurality of input signal values to the sensors and, for each input signal value, using the digital output signals of each sensor to determine a combined output result. The combined output results of the measurement routine are compared with a set of combined output results stored in the memory. A detected a difference between the combined output results of the measurement routine and the set of combined output results stored in the memory can be used to determine that the secure electronic apparatus has been tampered with.

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