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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
William L. Brodsky, Binghamton, NY (US);
James A. Busby, New Paltz, NY (US);
Edward N. Cohen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Silvio Dragone, Winterthur, CH;
Michael J. Fisher, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Michael T. Peets, Staatsburg, NY (US);
William Santiago-Fernandez, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas Weiss, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Tamper-respondent assemblies and fabrication methods are provided which incorporate enclosure to circuit board protection. The tamper-respondent assemblies include a circuit board, and an electronic enclosure mounted to the circuit board and facilitating enclosing at least one electronic component within a secure volume. A tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure facilitates defining the secure volume, and the tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure includes a tamper-respondent circuit. An adhesive is provided to secure, in part, the electronic enclosure to the circuit board. The adhesive contacts, at least in part, the tamper-respondent circuit so that an attempted separation of the electronic enclosure from the circuit board causes the adhesive to break the tamper-respondent circuit, facilitating detection of the separation by a monitor circuit of the tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure.