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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arthur J. Higby, Cottekill, NY (US);
William L. Brodsky, Binghamton, NY (US);
Levi Campbell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David Clifford Long, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
James Busby, New Paltz, NY (US);
Philipp K. Buchling Rego, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Tamper-respondent assemblies are provided which include an enclosure mounted to a circuit board and enclosing one or more components to be protected within a secure volume. A tamper-respondent sensor covers, at least in part, an inner surface of the enclosure, and includes at least one tamper-detect circuit. A monitor circuit is disposed within the secure volume to monitor the tamper-detect circuit(s) for a tamper event. A pressure connector assembly is also disposed within the secure volume, between the tamper-respondent sensor and the circuit board. The pressure connector assembly includes a conductive pressure connector electrically connecting, at least in part, the monitor circuit and the tamper-detect circuit(s) of the tamper-respondent assembly, and a spring-biasing mechanism to facilitate breaking electrical connection of the conductive pressure connector to the tamper-detect circuit(s) with a tamper event.