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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Austin H. Lesea, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Stephen M. Trimberger, Incline Village, NV (US);
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip with connections to plurality of external pins. An integrated voltage regulator circuit is configured to provide an internal supply voltage to the IC chip. Isolation circuitry is configured to inhibit tampering of the internal supply voltage through the external pins. An analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit is configured to monitor parameters of the internal supply voltage. Security circuitry is configured to detect, using the monitored parameters, indications of tampering and to generate an error signal in response to detecting an indication of tampering.