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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees, Kingston, RI (US);
Ken Qing Yang, Saunderstown, RI (US);
Tao Wei, West Kingston, RI (US);
Zhenyu Xu, Kingston, RI (US);
University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees, Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for detecting in impedance change in a transmission line, such as a line in a computer bus. A CMOS-compatible time domain reflectometer circuit comprising a comparator is embedded in one or more chips and connected to the transmission line. The circuit measures the impedance inhomogeneity pattern (IIP) of the transmission line prior to use, and then repeatedly measures the HP during operation of the transmission line to detect a change in IIP, without Interfering with data transfer through the transmission line. The present invention can detect and locate wire-tapping magnetic probing or snooping, and Trojan and cold boot attacks on interconnecting buses between computer chips or integrated circuits in a computer system, such as on external memory buses.