Device for detecting a laser attack in an integrated circuit chip
US9379066B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2035 |
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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 made on an integrated circuit chip comprises a bipolar transistor of a first type formed in a semiconductor substrate, that bipolar transistor comprising a parasitic bipolar transistor of a second type. A buried region, forming the base of the parasitic bipolar transistor, operates as a detector of the variations in current flowing caused by impingement of laser light on the substrate.
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