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Title: Increasing security in inter-chip communication

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1162101

An apparatus for increasing security in inter-chip communication includes a sending control module, a communication bus, and a receiving control module. The communication bus is coupled between the sending control module and the receiving control module. The sending control module operates to send data on the communication bus, disable the communication bus when threats are detected, or both.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,874,926
Application Number:
13/782,808
OSTI ID:
1162101
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (7)

I/O module for a serial multiple data system with a data bus integrity checker patent September 1998
Signal output system patent November 2002
Automatic testing of microprocessor bus integrity patent July 2006
IC intrusion detection patent June 2009
Method and apparatus for providing full duplex/half duplex radially distributed serial control bus architecture patent-application August 2002
Circuit configuration and method for detecting an unwanted attack on an integrated circuit patent-application November 2003
Ic Intrusion Detection patent-application October 2008

Cited By (3)

Secure bitstream authentication patent February 2017
Methods and apparatus to protect memory regions during low-power states patent January 2017
Spoofing detection patent December 2016

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