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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2012
Benedikt Geukes, Stuttgart, DE;
Bodo Hoppe, Tamm, DE;
Matteo Michel, Chemnitz, DE;
Juergen Wakunda, Ilsfeld, DE;
Benedikt Geukes, Stuttgart, DE;
Bodo Hoppe, Tamm, DE;
Matteo Michel, Chemnitz, DE;
Juergen Wakunda, Ilsfeld, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments include a method for processing a scan chain in an integrated circuit. The method can include: receiving, in the integrated circuit, the scan chain, wherein the scan chain includes a secret key pattern; separating the secret key pattern from the scan chain; comparing the secret key pattern to a reference key pattern; determining, based on the comparing the secret key pattern to the reference key pattern, that the secret key pattern does not match the reference key pattern; and generating a signal indicating that the secret key pattern does not match the reference key pattern.