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Title: Reverse engineering of integrated circuits

Abstract

Software and a method therein to analyze circuits. The software comprises several tools, each of which perform particular functions in the Reverse Engineering process. The analyst, through a standard interface, directs each tool to the portion of the task to which it is most well suited, rendering previously intractable problems solvable. The tools are generally used iteratively to produce a successively more abstract picture of a circuit, about which incomplete a priori knowledge exists.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Shorewood, IL
  2. Colorado Springs, CO
  3. Pittsburgh, PA
  4. Albuquerque, NM
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
875120
Patent Number(s):
6536018
Assignee:
The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
reverse; engineering; integrated; circuits; software; method; analyze; tools; perform; functions; process; analyst; standard; interface; directs; tool; portion; task; suited; rendering; previously; intractable; solvable; iteratively; produce; successively; picture; circuit; incomplete; priori; knowledge; exists; integrated circuit; /716/

Citation Formats

Chisholm, Gregory H, Eckmann, Steven T, Lain, Christopher M, and Veroff, Robert L. Reverse engineering of integrated circuits. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Chisholm, Gregory H, Eckmann, Steven T, Lain, Christopher M, & Veroff, Robert L. Reverse engineering of integrated circuits. United States.
Chisholm, Gregory H, Eckmann, Steven T, Lain, Christopher M, and Veroff, Robert L. Wed . "Reverse engineering of integrated circuits". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875120.
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