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Title: System and method for on demand, vanishing, high performance electronic systems

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1243306

An integrated circuit system having an integrated circuit (IC) component which is able to have its functionality destroyed upon receiving a command signal. The system may involve a substrate with the IC component being supported on the substrate. A module may be disposed in proximity to the IC component. The module may have a cavity and a dissolving compound in a solid form disposed in the cavity. A heater component may be configured to heat the dissolving compound to a point of sublimation where the dissolving compound changes from a solid to a gaseous dissolving compound. A triggering mechanism may be used for initiating a dissolution process whereby the gaseous dissolving compound is allowed to attack the IC component and destroy a functionality of the IC component.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,294,098
Application Number:
14/090,004
OSTI ID:
1243306
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Nov 26
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Multi-opening reservoir devices for controlled release or exposure of reservoir contents patent March 2013
Transient devices designed to undergo programmable transformations patent-application June 2013