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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Gary M. Hieftje, Bloomington, IN (US);
Steven J. Ray, Bloomington, IN (US);
Kevin P. Pfeuffer, Bloomington, IN (US);
Jacob T. Shelley, Stow, OH (US);
Norris J. Caldwell, Bloomington, IN (US);
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identification of a counterfeit electronic component, subjecting a suspected counterfeit electronic to an analytical method of ambient surface analysis to desorb and ionize compounds directly from a suspected counterfeit electronic surface with no pretreatment, detecting the resultant ions, comparing the identified ions to known standards, and returning a confidence that the suspected counterfeit electronic being analyzed is counterfeit.