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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Microsemi Soc Corp., Chandler, AZ (US);
Gerald Richard Newell, Tracy, CA (US);
Microsemi SOC Corp., Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for tamper detection based on power network electrical characteristic by storing a reference electrical signature of a power distribution network comprising the integrated circuit, generating in the integrated circuit a current stimulus waveform by sigma-delta based noise shaping, and providing the waveform to the power distribution network comprising the integrated circuit, sampling the power distribution network with a voltage-to-digital converter in the integrated circuit and estimating based at least partially on the sampled power distribution network a response electrical signature of the power distribution network responsive to the stimulus waveform, comparing on the integrated circuit the estimated response electrical signature and the reference electrical signature, and triggering by the integrated circuit a penalty based on a comparison of the response electrical signature and the reference electrical signature.