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Integrated Circuit Camouflaging to Protect Intellectual Property
Covert Gates Based on Doping and Dummy Contacts This cell camouflaging design leverages doping and dummy contacts to create camouflaged cells indistinguishable from regular standard cells to provide greater protection of integrated circuits in cyber-attacks. Available methods of integrated circuit camouflaging based on standard cells assuming Boolean...
Published: 12/1/2021   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Mark Tehranipoor, Haoting Shen, Bicky Shakya
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Others > Security
Universal Detection System to Expose Counterfeit Electronic Components
Analyzes Power Supply Regulators to Determine if Any Chip Components Are Recycled Counterfeits This counterfeit detection system determines whether a suspect integrated circuit (IC) or system-on-chip (SOC) component is recycled. The prevalence of counterfeit electronic components in the supply chain costs manufacturers billions and threatens the reliability...
Published: 5/24/2023   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Sreeja Chowdhury, Fatemeh Ganji, Nima Maghari
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Automated Algorithms for Faster Integrated Circuit Imaging and Easier Reverse Engineering
Reduces Scanning Electron Microscope Imaging Time and Creates Standard Cell Libraries Directly from Circuit ImagesThese algorithms apply artificial intelligence to reverse engineering and hardware assurance, decreasing the time required to image integrated circuits and enabling successful logic extraction when no standard cell library is available....
Published: 3/1/2024   |   Inventor(s): Damon Woodard, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Domenic Forte, Ronald Wilson
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science
Light Scattering Nanostructures to Secure Integrated Circuits Against Optical Probing Attacks
Scrambles Optical Measurements During Probing Attacks to Protect Sensitive On-Chip InformationThis security mechanism for integrated circuits arranges near the transistors a layer of nanoscale silicon pyramids that scatter reflected light, disrupting the measurements necessary for optical probing attacks. Though greatly helpful for debugging circuitry...
Published: 3/2/2023   |   Inventor(s): Mark Tehranipoor, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Domenic Forte, Haoting Shen
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Automatic Segmentation Algorithm for Reverse Engineering of Integrated Circuits
Heightens Contrast in Lower Quality Scanning Electron Microscopy Images for More Efficient Reverse Engineering or Failure Analysis This image-processing algorithm segments the structural elements of integrated circuits in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images to enable reverse engineering or failure analysis. The increasing complexity of advanced...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Damon Woodard, Ronald Wilson
Keywords(s): Image Processing, Integrated Circuits, Reverse Engineering, Segmentation
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Unclonable, Chipless RFID Tags to Improve Tracking and Tracing of Pharmaceuticals
Tracks Pharmaceutical Tablets at Pill Level to Enhance Traceability and Prevent Counterfeit Drug ReplacementThis unclonable chipless RFID (UCR) tag enables pharmaceutical companies to trace products at the pill level through their supply chains. Today's pharmaceutical industry suffers from product theft and counterfeiting. These issues not only damage...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Mark Tehranipoor, Kun Yang, Haoting Shen, Ulbert Botero
Keywords(s): Chipless RFID Tag, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, Pill-Level Traceability, Split Manufacturing, Unclonability, Uniqueness
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Others > Security
Algorithm to Evaluate Vulnerability of Integrated Circuits to Microprobing Attacks
Quantifies an Integrated Circuit’s Ability to Withstand Physical Attacks that Might Compromise Sensitive InformationThis quantitative algorithm uses information about the layout of an integrated circuit to evaluate the circuit's design for vulnerabilities to microprobing attacks. Microprobing is a type of physical attack on an integrated circuit...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Mark Tehranipoor, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Qihang Shi
Keywords(s): CAD, Hardware Security, Integrated Circuits, Semiconductors
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Protective Framework for Preventing Intellectual Property Theft in Electronic Devices
Uses Encrypted Hardware Designs in Integrated Circuits for Protection Against Theft by Reverse Engineering This protective framework prevents piracy and theft of the intellectual property of electronic devices. Intellectual property theft is a prominent issue in the electronic hardware industry. U.S. firms estimate that over $1.3 billion is lost annually...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Swarup Bhunia, Domenic Forte, Mark Tehranipoor, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Haoting Shen
Keywords(s): configurable, Hardware Security, interconnection, Reverse Engineering, vanishing via
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Temperature-Sensitive, Unclonable, Chipless RFID Tags for Better Tracking and Tracing
Reduces Manufacturing Time and Costs and Shortens Authentication ProcessingThis UCR RFID tag, or unclonable, chipless, radio-frequency identification tag, is an environmentally-sensitive tag that replaces barcodes and quick response (QR) code. RFID tags use electromagnetic energy to send data to readers, allowing users to track and trace tagged items....
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Domenic Forte, Mark Tehranipoor, Kun Yang, Haoting Shen
Keywords(s): Chipless RFID Tag, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Temperature Tracking, Unclonability, Uniqueness
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Protective Framework for Preventing Theft of Intellectual Property for Integrated Circuits
Uses a Combination of Protections to Keep Chips Safe from Theft at All Stages of ProductionThis protective framework prevents piracy and theft of the intellectual property of integrated circuits. Intellectual property theft is a prominent issue in the production process of integrated circuits. U.S. firms estimate that over $1.3 billion is lost annually...
Published: 3/24/2023   |   Inventor(s): Mark Tehranipoor, Domenic Forte, Ujjwal Guin
Keywords(s): 3PIP, IC Overproduction, IP Overuse, IP piracy, IP tampering, Supply Chain, System-on-Chip
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Others > Security
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