Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wafer trust via location locked circuit layout with measurable integrity
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Application No.: US16813375Application Date: 2020-03-09
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Publication No.: US11276678B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: James L. Tucker
- Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F7/50
- IPC: G06F7/50 ; H01L27/02 ; H01L21/66 ; G06F30/30

Abstract:
Techniques to determine whether the design of integrated circuit (IC) has been tampered with during wafer manufacturing by using an enhanced library and layout methodology. The enhanced library may include location sensitive cells networked together in a mesh architecture where paths through the mesh can be used to detect relative position of location sensitive cells. The techniques further include algorithms that fill any unused space on an IC with additional elements from the enhanced library to minimize the opportunity to modify the IC by including additional circuit function or manipulating the layout. By physically locking down the circuit placement such that there is no available area and gives improved ability to detect changes in the physical location behavior of the circuit, therefore reduces the risk that unauthorized circuit manipulation will go undetected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200212031A1 WAFER TRUST VIA LOCATION LOCKED CIRCUIT LAYOUT WITH MEASURABLE INTEGRITY Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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