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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Kjell a Heitmann, Norwalk, CT (US);
Douglas a Clark, Wallingford, CT (US);
Paul G Perreault, Wallingford, CT (US);
Kjell A Heitmann, Norwalk, CT (US);
Douglas A Clark, Wallingford, CT (US);
Paul G Perreault, Wallingford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A tamper protected printed circuit board assembly including a printed circuit board and a partially enveloping tamper wrap covering the entirety of the top surface of the printed circuit board and a first portion of the bottom surface of the printed circuit board, wherein a second portion of the bottom surface of the printed circuit board is not covered by the tamper wrap is provided. The printed circuit board includes two security trace layers each having two security traces thereon, preferably in a serpentine pattern. The tamper wrap and the security traces together cover and prevent tampering with the electronic circuitry of the printed circuit board.