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Image Processing for Printed Circuit Board Component Detection
Identifies Printed Circuit Board Component Locations for Quality Control This computer-implemented algorithm identifies printed circuit board (PCB) components for quality control. Printed circuit board (PCB) component detection is essential for PCB manufacturing. Color image processing provides a rough estimate of a component’s location, and...
Published: 9/5/2023   |   Inventor(s): Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Mark Tehranipoor, Mukhil Azhagan Mallaiyan Sathiaseelan
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical
Automated System for Identifying Printed Circuit Board Components
Detects Mounted Components Useful for Bill of Materials Generation from Images of Printed Circuit Boards This automated system detects various mounted printed circuit board components by analyzing images of printed circuit boards. Printed circuit boards are critical components of nearly all modern electronic devices, and the printed circuit board market...
Published: 3/22/2023   |   Inventor(s): Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Mark Tehranipoor, Nathan Jessurun, Olivia Paradis, NITIN VARSHNEY
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Instrumentation-Sensors-Photonics
Scanning Electron Microscope Search Algorithm That Locates Defects or Trojans in Integrated Circuits
Applies Object Localization Algorithm to Identify and Locate Objects in Large, Complex Images This object localization algorithm and window search technique identifies and locates target objects from scanning electron microscope images of integrated circuits to assist detection of defects and malicious circuits. Integrated circuits play key roles...
Published: 12/9/2021   |   Inventor(s): Damon Woodard, Mark Tehranipoor, Navid Asadi-Zanjani, Ronald Wilson, Hangwei Lu, Nidish Vashistha
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Computer Science
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
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