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US08168487B2 Programmable connection and isolation of active regions in an integrated circuit using ambiguous features to confuse a reverse engineer
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使用模糊特征对集成电路中的有源区域进行可编程连接和隔离,从而使反向工程师混淆
- Patent Title: Programmable connection and isolation of active regions in an integrated circuit using ambiguous features to confuse a reverse engineer
- Patent Title (中): 使用模糊特征对集成电路中的有源区域进行可编程连接和隔离,从而使反向工程师混淆
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Application No.: US11855005Application Date: 2007-09-13
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Publication No.: US08168487B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: William M. Clark, Jr. , Lap Wai Chow , Gavin Harbison , Paul Ouyang
- Applicant: William M. Clark, Jr. , Lap Wai Chow , Gavin Harbison , Paul Ouyang
- Applicant Address: US CA Malibu
- Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Current Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Malibu
- Agency: Ladas & Parry
- Main IPC: H01L21/335
- IPC: H01L21/335

Abstract:
A technique for and structures for camouflaging an integrated circuit structure and strengthen its resistance to reverse engineering. A plurality of transistors are formed in a semiconductor substrate, at least some of the transistors being of the type having sidewall spacers with LDD regions formed under the sidewall spacers. Transistors are programmably interconnected with ambiguous interconnection features, the ambiguous interconnection features each comprising a channel formed in the semiconductor substrate with preferably the same dopant density as the LDD regions, with selected ones of the channels being formed of a conductivity type supporting electrical communication between interconnected active regions and with other selected ones of the channels being formed of a conductivity type inhibiting electrical communication but ambiguously appearing to a reverse engineer as supporting electrical communication.
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