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Countermeasure method and device for protecting data circulating in an electronic microcircuit

US8819609B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2012
Grant dateAug 26, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49155
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a countermeasure method in an electronic microcircuit, comprising successive process phases executed by a circuit of the microcircuit, and adjusting a power supply voltage between power supply and ground terminals of the circuit, as a function of a random value generated for the process phase, at each process phase executed by the circuit.

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