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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Oberthur Technologies, Colombes, FR;
Olivier Chamley, Colombes, FR;
OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES, Colombes, FR;
Abstract
A method for the performance of a function by a microcircuit, includes: at least one step of determining () whether an anomaly is detected or whether the operation of the microcircuit is normal; when it is determined that an anomaly is detected, a step of performing () a protection function; when it is determined that the operation of the microcircuit is normal, a step of performing () a decoy function simulating the protection function by being perceptible, from the outside of the microcircuit, in a manner more or less identical to the protection function; the method being characterized in that it includes an interruption () of the performance of the decoy function by a timer.