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CA 2052302
An integrated circuit chip includes a secure memory element that stores secret data, an opaque layer of material encapsulating the chip, and means for eliminating the secret data from the secure memory element in the event that the en- capsulation material is removed from the chip. The eliminating means comprise a protective circuit encapsulated by the encapsulation material and coupled to the secure memory element. The protective circuit includes a light sensitive element having a cur- rent characteristic that has a detectable change upon exposure to light; means for detecting said current change when the light sensitive element is exposed to light; and switching means coupled to the secure memory element and the detecting means forcausing the secret data to be removed from the secure memory element in response to said current change produced by the light sensitive element when the light sensitive element is exposed to light, such that should the encapsulation material be removed from the chip, the secret data is eliminated from the memory element.
Gilberg Robert C.
Hoang Chinh
Smith James E.
General Instrument Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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