Anti tamper encapsulation for an integrated circuit
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1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
- a protective member which reduces access to the device;
one or more sensors for sensing one or more physical parameters from the protective member; and
a circuit which encrypts and decrypts protected data,wherein the circuit is adapted to derive encryption values from the one or more physical parameters sensed, the encryption values being essential to the process of encrypting and decrypting the protected data, such that tampering with the protective member to gain access to the circuit corrupts the encryption values.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit device comprising: a circuit which uses encryption; and an encapsulation packaging layer; in which the circuit is responsive to at least one physical parameter of the encapsulation to apply the encryption and/or decryption by reading the key therefrom, so that tampering with the encapsulation to gain access to the circuit causes the encryption and/or decryption to fail.
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1. An integrated circuit device comprising:
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a protective member which reduces access to the device; one or more sensors for sensing one or more physical parameters from the protective member; and a circuit which encrypts and decrypts protected data, wherein the circuit is adapted to derive encryption values from the one or more physical parameters sensed, the encryption values being essential to the process of encrypting and decrypting the protected data, such that tampering with the protective member to gain access to the circuit corrupts the encryption values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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24. An integrated circuit device comprising:
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a protective member which reduces access to the device; one or more sensors for sensing one or more physical parameters from the protective member; and a circuit which encrypts and decrypts protected data, wherein the circuit is adapted to derive encryption values from the one or more physical parameters sensed, the encryption values being essential to the process of encrypting and decrypting the protected data, such that tampering with the protective member to gain access to the circuit corrupts the encryption values, in which the circuit comprises an encryptor arranged to apply an encryption and/or decryption algorithm to data to be protected or said protected data and in which said encryptor is arranged to use an encryption key, and to the circuit is arranged to derive said key from said parameters.
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36. An integrated circuit device comprising a memory in which data is stored in encrypted form, and a circuit for encrypting and/or decrypting to write and/or read the data, the circuit comprising a key register storing a key for use in said encryption and/or decryption process, and an alternation circuit arranged to vary the data stored in the key register at frequent intervals.
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