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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry Pechar, Bayville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Standard Microsystems Corp., Hauppauge, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307440 ; 307450 ; 307468 ;
Abstract
A method and circuit arrangement are disclosed for foiling an attempt to copy an MOS integrated circuit by implementing in the circuit an additional pseudo MOS device, which from its location in the circuit would appear to a would-be copier to be an enhancement-mode device. However, the pseudo-auxiliary MOS device is implemented as a depletion-mode device and is connected in the circuit so that when it is implemented by the copier as an enhancement-mode device. the overall circuit will not be functional.