ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,052, issued on July 14, was assigned to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Mass.).
"Electronic tampering detection" was invented by Shahin Tajik (Northborough, Mass.), Patrick Schaumont (Worcester, Mass.) and Tahoura Mosavirik (Worcester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting physical attacks on a computing device includes embedding a sensor or FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) on a circuit board for gathering a frequency response of a power distribution network providing power to the circuit board. During operation of the circuit board, the sensor identifies and gathers a frequency response suspecte...