Title :
Protecting designs with a passive thermal tag
Author :
Marsh, Carol ; Kean, Tom ; Mclaren, David
Author_Institution :
Algotronix Ltd., Edinburgh
fDate :
Aug. 31 2008-Sept. 3 2008
Abstract :
The theft of electronic designs and in particular Intellectual Property (IP) Cores is problematic [1]. Proving a design has been stolen is difficult if not impossible. A method is required to quickly and cheaply identify electronic designs and especially IP Core designs embedded within larger chips or programmed into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). This paper introduces a novel thermal tag which will fulfill this requirement.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; industrial property; network synthesis; FPGA; electronic designs; field programmable gate arrays; intellectual property cores; passive thermal tag; Application specific integrated circuits; Costs; Design automation; Field programmable gate arrays; Licenses; Product design; Protection; Semiconductor device manufacture; Signal design; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2008. ICECS 2008. 15th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
St. Julien´s
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2181-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2182-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2008.4674830
