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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:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Dirk A. Reese, Campbell, CA (US);
Bruce B. Pedersen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dirk A. Reese, Campbell, CA (US);
Bruce B. Pedersen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for destroying or erasing circuitry elements, data, or both, such as transistors, volatile keys, or fuse blocks, located in an integrated circuit device. An initiation signal may be provided to induce latch-up in a circuitry element in response to a user command, a tampering event, or both. As a result of the latch-up effect, the circuitry element, data, or both may be destroyed or erased.