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Integrated circuit for preventing chip swapping and/or device cloning in a host device

  • US 8,650,633 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2011
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated circuit that is included in a host electronic device, comprising:

  • a plurality of pins;

    a controller module configured to communicate with one or more off-chip electronics components via the plurality of pins; and

    a clone prevention module configured to lock the integrated circuit to a specific manufacturer of the host electronic device, the clone prevention module including;

    an addressing module configured to set at least one of an electronics component address and a pin configuration based on a manufacturer identification (ID) so as to route signals between the controller module and the plurality of pins based on the manufacturer ID.

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