ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,175, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NVIDIA Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Secure electronic component assembly" was invented by Elad Mentovich (Tel Aviv, Israel), Dongji Xie (Gilroy, Calif.), Ron Chao (San Diego) and Ryan Albright (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secure electronic component assembly is described herein for ensuring the physical integrity of an integrated circuit (IC). The secure electronic component assembly may comprise a printed circuit board (PCB), an integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the PCB, and an underfill material disposed between the IC and the PCB. The underfill material comprises a detec...