Dallas Semiconductor Corporation

Ricky D Fieseler

Michael L Bolan

Wendell L Little

Stephen M Curry

Bradley M Harrington

Steven N Hass

Mark L Thrower

Steven N Grider

A secure electronic data module containing a monolithic semiconductor chip of the type having a memory that is protected by a combination of hardware and software mechanisms such that unauthorized access to the data stored in the memory is prevented. The monolithic semiconductor chip comprises a plurality of solder bumps for attaching the chip to a substrate that may be a printed circuit board or another chip; a multi-level interlaced power and ground lines using minimum geometries; and a detection circuit block for detecting an external trip signal that may be produced by a pre-specified change in an operating condition brought on by unauthorized accessing, or an internal trip signal that may be produced by shorting of power and ground lines or by a change in an oscillator's frequency, also associated with or appurtenant to unauthorized accessing of the secure memory.

Microcircuit with memory that is protected by both hardware and software

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Fort Worth, TX, United States of America

Ricky D Fieseler