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Method for protecting an ASIC by resetting it after a predetermined time period

US5537055A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1994
Grant dateJul 16, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K19/003
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A design protection circuit for a logic circuit comprised of a counter for receiving clock pulses with the logic circuit and apparatus for resetting the logic circuit upon the counter counting a predetermined number of clock pulses, the predetermined number being higher than a highest number of clock pulses required by the logic circuit for carrying out a simulated logical function.

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