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Device for detecting a laser attack in an integrated circuit chip

US8907452B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 2013
Grant dateDec 9, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/615
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for detecting a laser attack in an integrated circuit chip formed in the upper P-type portion of a semiconductor substrate incorporating an NPN bipolar transistor having an N-type buried layer, including a detector of the variations of the current flowing between the base of said NPN bipolar transistor and the substrate.

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