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Title: System and method for obfuscation of electronic circuits

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of generating randomized electrical interconnects for an electronic circuit comprises steps of receiving a netlist of nodes of electronic components to be connected, each connection between the nodes forming an electrical interconnect; determining a list of one or more path directions for each electrical interconnect; determining a plurality of path direction distances for each electrical interconnect; generating a plurality of segments for each electrical interconnect, each segment having one path direction and a length which are selected at random; calculating a sum of the lengths of all segments of the plurality of segments in each path direction each time a segment is generated for each electrical interconnect; removing one path direction from the list of path directions when a first condition is met; and stopping the generating a plurality of segments for each electrical interconnect when a second condition is met.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Kansas City Plant (KCP), Kansas City, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1892768
Patent Number(s):
11288434
Application Number:
17/012,234
Assignee:
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
NA0002839
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/04/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Trujillo, Joshua. System and method for obfuscation of electronic circuits. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Trujillo, Joshua. System and method for obfuscation of electronic circuits. United States.
Trujillo, Joshua. Tue . "System and method for obfuscation of electronic circuits". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892768.
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